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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 16h

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social

Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 15h

"China, Malaysia in talks for rare earths refinery project" Really? Because having Lynas in the country has worked so well so far ...

www.nst.com.my/business/eco...

China, Malaysia in talks for rare earths refinery project | New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING: China and Malaysia are in early talks for a project to process rare earths, with sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional likely to partner with a Chinese state-owned firm to buil...

www.nst.com.my

Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 15h

Many metal markets are in a bad way "largely because of over-investment in new supply, either in expectations that demand growth would arrive faster than it has, or as part of government industrial policy."

That is a key issue as more governments push to mine...

www.mining.com/web/column-c...

Column: Critical minerals are stuck between demand hopes and oversupply reality

The caveat to long-term forecasts is that they are inherently risky as market dynamics can shift.

www.mining.com

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 15h

"The bill for a crisis caused by the ultra-rich – the 2008 bank crash and the vast state bailout it triggered – has been handed to the poor. But that’s neither necessary nor inevitable."

www.monbiot.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Hole Truth

Austerity costs us a fortune.

www.monbiot.com

Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 15h

Listened to Steve Coogan picking Me and Magdalena on @bbc6music.bsky.social this morning, and reminded how beautiful, sweet and melancholic it is. Thanks!

(And as noted you wouldn't guess it was the Monkeys)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffru...

The Monkees - Me & Magdalena (Official Audio)

YouTube video by The Monkees

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 15h

You know the Tories know they have no chance of getting into power soon when they start making up nonsense policies.

(Well more nonsense than the usual fare) .

Dan Howdle @danhowdle.bsky.social · 16h

current tory policy platform: reducing students by 100,000, banning wednesdays, halving gravity, capping birthdays at three per lifetime, introducing a national bedtime, limiting colours to two, privatising rain and banning foreign clouds

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 1

Water is so scarce in Arizona that there is not enough available to support this proposed project and for local communities and the environment. It would also permanently destroy about 6,000 hectares of public land, state trust land, and private land.

Water in Oak Flat, Arizona. Source: Arizona Mining Reform Coalition.

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 1d

"The ISA cannot credibly license what it does not fully represent, cannot yet understand and might not be able to restore. Reform is not delay - it is the only path to legitimacy."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trust in the sea-bed mining authority is fragile — here’s how to change that

The authority created to safeguard the ocean floor now leans towards licensing its exploitation. Here’s how to reset the balance.

www.nature.com

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 2d

🙌 PEOPLE POWER!

This Saturday, the Ecuadorian government announced that it has revoked the environmental license for the Loma Larga project!

This is the result of community power and peaceful resistance!
DPM Metals must abide by the law, listen to communities and definitively cancel the project!

Photo credit: Sin Etiquetas +593. Protesters flood the streets in Cuenca, Ecuador for the protection of water and the paramo de Kimsakocha, carrying signs and banners in the massive September 16th protested dubbed the 5th River.

Photo credit: Sin Etiquetas +593. Protesters carry a large demon effigy with the name of the mining company threatening their water source on the front: Dundee precious metals.

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 2d

Can you imagine if that happened with Farage?

Yet Green party are a long established with a similar number of MPs (& although I don't know for sure I suspect more councillors) to Reform

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I'd actually forgotten how extraordinary it is that when I won the leadership - I wasn't interviewed as it was too close to our party conference interviewed.

And then refused a second time!

Part of the antidote to all of this is creating our own media platforms.

Hey @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👋🏼

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 2d

Another article on minerals from seaweed - I am hopeful!

www.forbes.com/sites/noelfl...

Seaweed May Be Answer To Critical Minerals Quest For U.S. Supply Chain

The need to create domestic critical mineral supplies is spurring U.S.-backed research in biomining seaweed since it accumulates these valuable substances.

www.forbes.com

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 2d

I was fairly saddened (but not surprised) when I read this piece in Private Eye ..

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 2d

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tried to grab some US far-right energy recently by publicly meeting with Turning Point UK (TPUK) to mourn assassinated US activist Charlie Kirk, a close ally of Donald Trump.

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 2d

"Donald Trump’s rhetoric on critical raw materials ... makes no sense when one considers their use in wind turbines and electric vehicles ... Therefore, it makes sense to use [them] in missiles ... the US wants peace, but is preparing for war"

The current context.

defence24.com/analysis-/is...

Is the US preparing for war? Pentagon’s fight for critical raw materials

The Pentagon is the primary force behind the US side’s competition for critical raw materials, not the US Department of Energy. The Pentagon supports new technologies and the raw materials are ...

defence24.com

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2d

It feels wrong to say it… but Britain needs the Conservatives to get their act together.

Why?

The Bear explains.

The Tories are not okay – and we urgently need them to be

The Conservatives’ collapse into outrage politics isn’t just their downfall – it threatens Britain’s democracy and stability too

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 8d

"Climate & environmental policies must not create new harms for vulnerable communities or be weaponized in the shift to a fossil-free world."

@duycks.bsky.social of @ciel.org stresses the need to advance a #JustTransition while remaining anchored in #HumanRights obligations.

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VOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️ @vole.wtf · 2d

🥪 The 4th Crisp Sandwich Day is approaching!
Going to be celebrating it? Tell us your plans
vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...

Crisp Sandwich Day 🥪🎉 25th October

An annual celebration of the magic that happens when crisps (potato chips) are placed between two slices of bread.

vole.wtf

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 3d

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Save NHS dentistry now!

I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 6d

📣As the UK prepares to launch a new Critical Minerals Strategy, Cristóbal Rodríguez (spokesperson for MODATIMA) takes a deep dive into the previous strategy from the perspective of mining affected communities in Chile.
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/10/crit...
#CriticalMinerals #JustTransition

Critical Minerals, Empty Rhetoric: A Look at the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy from the MODATIMA movement in Chile - London Mining Network

London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account

londonminingnetwork.org

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 5d

With difficulty, but I use Firefox with maximum security settings and various ad blockers so not too bad for me. But I wish sites wouldn't do that, it's getting worse

Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 5d

Worth it for the headline ... but great content too: "Hannah Arendt argued that authoritarian regimes don’t want competent people, who might sometimes take a stand on principle. They prefer crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty"

Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 5d

An Autocracy of Dunces
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

An Autocracy of Dunces

How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America’s quickly declining democracy

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6d

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics

- "Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor"

Story by @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · 5d

Any article with a headline about barbie crabs and sea pigs is just reeling me in ...

Barbie crabs, sea pigs, and 40 new species discovered in a giant underwater canyon

Argentina explores Mar del Plata Canyon for the first time: 40 new species are discovered and the country is captivated by the live broadcast

www.earth.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

How many people think to themselves, "I'd vote Labour, if only they could be more like Trump." I would guess it's a number close to zero.
But Labour seems to be chasing a figment of its imagination, and this is perhaps the most grotesque example so far.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

Labour Party Conference: Housing chief Steve Reed tips his hat to Trump

With his MAGA-style slogan and red baseball cap, the new housing secretary has brought energy to the Labour Party Conference. But is it the right energy? asks Will Hurst

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act has now been condemned by Theresa May, Lord Deben (John Gummer), Alok Sharma, the Confederation of British Industry, the Church of England, the Catholic Church - all previously mainstays of the Tory party: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

www.theguardian.com

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