Miranda Lewis
@mirandalewis.bsky.social
Wanders. Watches. Wonders. Worries. Writes. Tries to tread lightly.
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The Hamas attack on October 7 was a horrendous crime against humanity. But the only relationship between it and the even greater crimes against humanity being perpetrated in Gaza today is that it is being used as an excuse for what certain Israeli ministers and generals have long wanted to do.
August 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Hamas attack on October 7 was a horrendous crime against humanity. But the only relationship between it and the even greater crimes against humanity being perpetrated in Gaza today is that it is being used as an excuse for what certain Israeli ministers and generals have long wanted to do.
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The vital comfort of being outdoors at dawn — when I actually feel I have time to breathe deeply, space to think clearly. Wrapped in the early light is a precious sliver of quiet & calm, untarnished though fragile, filled with intimations of a slower bygone age.
June 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The vital comfort of being outdoors at dawn — when I actually feel I have time to breathe deeply, space to think clearly. Wrapped in the early light is a precious sliver of quiet & calm, untarnished though fragile, filled with intimations of a slower bygone age.
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This should be front page news everywhere
CO₂ at Mauna Loa just reached a monthly average of >430 ppm for the first time.
That's possibly higher than in over 3.3 million years.
The global RATE of increase is off the chart.
It's hard to exaggerate how unprecedented this is!
That's possibly higher than in over 3.3 million years.
The global RATE of increase is off the chart.
It's hard to exaggerate how unprecedented this is!
June 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This should be front page news everywhere
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Israel are starving babies, bombing hospitals and committing genocide.
Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes. Just like Putin.
Condemning his and Israel’s abhorrent acts is a first step but tiny - we need to go further - impose sanctions, not on a few people - on the whole country now.….
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Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes. Just like Putin.
Condemning his and Israel’s abhorrent acts is a first step but tiny - we need to go further - impose sanctions, not on a few people - on the whole country now.….
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May 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Israel are starving babies, bombing hospitals and committing genocide.
Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes. Just like Putin.
Condemning his and Israel’s abhorrent acts is a first step but tiny - we need to go further - impose sanctions, not on a few people - on the whole country now.….
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Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes. Just like Putin.
Condemning his and Israel’s abhorrent acts is a first step but tiny - we need to go further - impose sanctions, not on a few people - on the whole country now.….
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Writers, thank you, for demanding immediate unrestricted food/medicine distribution in Gaza, sanctions should Israel pay no heed, ceasefire that guarantees safety for all, and release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. #GazaGenocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Writers, thank you, for demanding immediate unrestricted food/medicine distribution in Gaza, sanctions should Israel pay no heed, ceasefire that guarantees safety for all, and release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. #GazaGenocide
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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THE GUARDIAN: Labour's surprising U-turn on swift bricks ignites backlash as endangered birds face housing crisis. Activists and the public rally for wildlife-friendly building amid growing governmental disconnect.
- by Patrick Barkham
- by Patrick Barkham
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
THE GUARDIAN: Labour's surprising U-turn on swift bricks ignites backlash as endangered birds face housing crisis. Activists and the public rally for wildlife-friendly building amid growing governmental disconnect.
- by Patrick Barkham
- by Patrick Barkham
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WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
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“We need this aid to enter now. It has to go to people who are desperate.”
In this video, our colleague Louise Wateridge speaks from a UNRWA warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where supplies have been held up due to the 11-week-long siege.
In this video, our colleague Louise Wateridge speaks from a UNRWA warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where supplies have been held up due to the 11-week-long siege.
May 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“We need this aid to enter now. It has to go to people who are desperate.”
In this video, our colleague Louise Wateridge speaks from a UNRWA warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where supplies have been held up due to the 11-week-long siege.
In this video, our colleague Louise Wateridge speaks from a UNRWA warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where supplies have been held up due to the 11-week-long siege.
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One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of seed disperser declines and discuss...
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Not really a surprise
We are already committed to a 12m+ sea-level rise, sufficient to drown every coastal town and city on the planet
The only question is how long will this take
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are already committed to a 12m+ sea-level rise, sufficient to drown every coastal town and city on the planet
The only question is how long will this take
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn
Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Not really a surprise
We are already committed to a 12m+ sea-level rise, sufficient to drown every coastal town and city on the planet
The only question is how long will this take
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are already committed to a 12m+ sea-level rise, sufficient to drown every coastal town and city on the planet
The only question is how long will this take
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"British 16-year-olds spend more time in exam halls than almost anyone in the world."
At enormous cost, to #MentalHealth and the quality of education: #ExamFactories are no place to grow up
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
At enormous cost, to #MentalHealth and the quality of education: #ExamFactories are no place to grow up
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Tested to destruction: how an obsession with exams is failing our children | The Observer
How do we reform a system that works for some but writes off so many others? Investing in early childhood would be a good start
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"British 16-year-olds spend more time in exam halls than almost anyone in the world."
At enormous cost, to #MentalHealth and the quality of education: #ExamFactories are no place to grow up
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
At enormous cost, to #MentalHealth and the quality of education: #ExamFactories are no place to grow up
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Proud to be part of this and in great company including @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Sir David King, @paulbehrens.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social and many more.
We are all in real trouble if we can’t get more truth into our politics and part of that is honouring the best science.
We are all in real trouble if we can’t get more truth into our politics and part of that is honouring the best science.
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Net Zero matters a great deal
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Net Zero matters a great deal
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
UK scientists stage historic climate protest at parliament
Chris Packham joins over 150 British experts rallying in London to demand urgent, science-based climate policy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Proud to be part of this and in great company including @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Sir David King, @paulbehrens.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social and many more.
We are all in real trouble if we can’t get more truth into our politics and part of that is honouring the best science.
We are all in real trouble if we can’t get more truth into our politics and part of that is honouring the best science.
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The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
Israel is using aid as a weapon of war in Gaza, UN court told
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
www.thetimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
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🚨It's been the UK's hottest May 1 ever recorded, and not a single mention of climate change in this BBC coverage. Also nothing about climate change in the BBC Radio 4 bulletin tonight on the same subject.
UK weather live: Record broken for warmest start to May, Met Office confirms
Most of England and Wales are sweating it out, but it's expected to get cooler across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🚨It's been the UK's hottest May 1 ever recorded, and not a single mention of climate change in this BBC coverage. Also nothing about climate change in the BBC Radio 4 bulletin tonight on the same subject.
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A message in support of imprisoned climate activists @just-stopoil.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk @robinboardman.com
Author Roman Krznaric
'Always remember two important words in history are these, as if. Always act as if change is possible...this is what today's climate protestors and all of us have to continue to do even when the stakes of imprisonment are high. Let us fight this unjustice until it ends.'
'Always remember two important words in history are these, as if. Always act as if change is possible...this is what today's climate protestors and all of us have to continue to do even when the stakes of imprisonment are high. Let us fight this unjustice until it ends.'
April 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A message in support of imprisoned climate activists @just-stopoil.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk @robinboardman.com
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This Tony Blair statement couldn’t have been timed worse. It has distracted attention from the Climate Change Committee’s devastating verdict on this country’s climate-unpreparedness. …It’s yet another example of the net zero question eclipsing adaption!
I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
April 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This Tony Blair statement couldn’t have been timed worse. It has distracted attention from the Climate Change Committee’s devastating verdict on this country’s climate-unpreparedness. …It’s yet another example of the net zero question eclipsing adaption!
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Landowners release 50million pheasants a year into the British countryside - and a new study shows how this is boosting the number of ticks carrying Lyme disease
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
We’re Releasing Millions Of Birds. The Ticks Are Thriving
Each year, millions of pheasants are released into woods and fields in the U.K. for recreational shooting. As a result the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are increasing.
www.forbes.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Landowners release 50million pheasants a year into the British countryside - and a new study shows how this is boosting the number of ticks carrying Lyme disease
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They've mistaken Earth Day for April Fool's Day.
On Earth Day, We Finally Have a President Who Follows Science
Under President Donald J. Trump, America is back — leveraging environmental policies rooted in reality to promote economic growth while maintaining the
www.whitehouse.gov
April 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They've mistaken Earth Day for April Fool's Day.
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“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis
April 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis
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Pope Francis moved last summer to make Vatican City the first nation to run entirely on solar energy.
In his writing, he made it clear that the climate crisis was about power in all forms--and about human dignity.
The world feels much poorer today
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-franc...
In his writing, he made it clear that the climate crisis was about power in all forms--and about human dignity.
The world feels much poorer today
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-franc...
April 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Pope Francis moved last summer to make Vatican City the first nation to run entirely on solar energy.
In his writing, he made it clear that the climate crisis was about power in all forms--and about human dignity.
The world feels much poorer today
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-franc...
In his writing, he made it clear that the climate crisis was about power in all forms--and about human dignity.
The world feels much poorer today
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-franc...
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From 2015:
Pope Francis's climate change encyclical tells rich nations: pay your debt to the poor
- Pontiff’s 180-page intervention in climate change debate casts blame for ‘ecological crisis’ on the indifference of the powerful
#climatecrisis #popefrancis
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Pope Francis's climate change encyclical tells rich nations: pay your debt to the poor
- Pontiff’s 180-page intervention in climate change debate casts blame for ‘ecological crisis’ on the indifference of the powerful
#climatecrisis #popefrancis
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April 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From 2015:
Pope Francis's climate change encyclical tells rich nations: pay your debt to the poor
- Pontiff’s 180-page intervention in climate change debate casts blame for ‘ecological crisis’ on the indifference of the powerful
#climatecrisis #popefrancis
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Pope Francis's climate change encyclical tells rich nations: pay your debt to the poor
- Pontiff’s 180-page intervention in climate change debate casts blame for ‘ecological crisis’ on the indifference of the powerful
#climatecrisis #popefrancis
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Is it too much to ask that heads of state and politicians sending tributes read Pope Francis’s ‘Laudato Deum’: www.vatican.va/content/fran...
"Laudate Deum": Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis (4 October 2023) | Francis
Laudate Deum: Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis, 4 October 2023
www.vatican.va
April 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is it too much to ask that heads of state and politicians sending tributes read Pope Francis’s ‘Laudato Deum’: www.vatican.va/content/fran...
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Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of compassion, courage, and a continuing call to protect our common home and all who share it with us.
In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵
In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵
Live updates: Pope Francis dies at 88
Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff who ministered to poor people with a message of mercy, has died. Francis stressed humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset with scandal and indiffer...
apnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of compassion, courage, and a continuing call to protect our common home and all who share it with us.
In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵
In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵