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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 3d

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again...

'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 2d

Protest only works because it is cumulative. It takes time and energy to engage people and change the conversation. If this went ahead, protest would not work. This Labour government under Starmer is terrifyingly authoritarian.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3d

On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:

“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 5d

Not to say COPs aren’t limited, problematic, failing in many ways etc. but he careful what you wish for.

At the very least during COP, for one time a year, the world as a whole focuses on climate. Which is an unequivocally good thing.

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 5d

Care needed not to trash multilateralism in a way Trump does.

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 5d

It’s absolutely not true that COPs “have done nothing to reduce emissions”. Small island states getting 1.5 C as target, against scientists’ + major polluters’ desires, moved the Overton window. Overall, emissions trajectories were 4-6 degrees C warming by 2100, now down to 2.5 ish.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 5d

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

- Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 8d

NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power

We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before

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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 11d

When Reform's Nathan Gill is sentenced for bribery, he will be the third of Nigel Farage's former MEPs to be jailed for being corrupt, after Tom Wise (expenses fraud) and Ashley Mote (falsely claiming benefits). What is it about Farage that attracts crooks?

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 11d

“Our investigation uncovered that an elected MEP was taking payments to peddle narratives beneficial to Russian interests... This case goes to the heart of our democratic values.”

— head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 This is serious. Ex Reform UK leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, 52, pleads guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament when serving as a UKIP MEP.

Ex-Reform leader pleads guilty to Pro-Russia bribery charges

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to numerous bribery charges relating to pro-Russian statements.

caerphilly.observer

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 11d

No.3. How is Starmer and his team so idiotic at every turn.

In reality, the UK is so broken due to the never-ending housing crisis. Fix that and most people have more disposable income and other problems become manageable.

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Jun 17

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 19d

The media has a great sway over people’s minds.

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 19d

"If you had to guess what percentage of American adults are transgender..."

Survey Guess: 21%

Actual Share of the US Population: Less than 1%

- YouGov -

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · 19d

The Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI) is advertising for a Director of Science. Based in Kinshasa, 4 yrs position. Work with me, amazing students and great scientists to transform our understanding of the world’s second largest area of tropical forests. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

CBSI Director of Science - Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Rep.) (CD) job with University of Kinshasa | 12843735

The Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI) is looking for a Director of Science to provide scientific leadership and coordination.

www.nature.com

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Soleil🌻✨️ @besoulovely.com · 20d

Every single time a form of UBI is implemented, it is successful.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20d

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.

Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Bridge @watneystreeter.bsky.social · 24d

Don't be complacent, we saw the numbers at yesterday's event and we know the consequences if we let the Far Right gain more and more power and control of our lives. Watch and share this video and do what you can to support Wednesday's protest against Trump and everything he has become a symbol for

Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 24d

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Sep 6

BREAKING🚨: People across the UK are showing up to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank.

Rosebank is the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field, & it’s a bad deal for all of us.

Scenes from London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Aberdeen

Take digital action now👉 www.stopcambo.org.uk/doa-digital

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · Sep 6

There are 100 of my scientific papers and books there. If there is something I can do to add pressure, I’m all ears.

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Colette Heald @coletteheald.bsky.social · Aug 25

Are you interested in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global modeling, and living in Zurich? If so, this postdoc position might be for you! Please share with any interested colleagues: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · Aug 25

The two deadliest wars in history claimed about 70 journalists between them.

The ongoing war in Gaza has killed 192 Palestinian journalists in less than two years.

History will remember this not as a conflict, but as the mass execution of witnesses.

Four journalists among 15 killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, say health officials
Deaths take to at least 192 the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sally Rooney dedicates all British book sale proceeds to Palestine Action.

Source | The Irish Times
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POLITICS JOE:

Sally Rooney dedicates all British book sale proceeds to Palestine Action

Source | The Irish Times

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · Aug 15

Two new exciting job opportunities at @universityofleeds.bsky.social machine-learning forecasting for West Africa.
ML is revolutionising forecasting, so this is a major opportunity.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in African Sub-seasonal Weather Prediction

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an atmospheric scientist l...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 9

Well said, Mo Salah.

Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.

Mo Salah respond to a post by UEFA with:

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

The UEFA post reads:

Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'.

A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times

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Simon Lewis @simonlewis.bsky.social · Aug 3

I also think the same. AI is a revolution like writing or computing. But on a much shorter timescale.

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