Steve Newby
@snwby.bsky.social
Engineer in NE Derbyshire, UK
Miners Make Macrame
#ClimateJustice #FairVotes #Dyslexia
Miners Make Macrame
#ClimateJustice #FairVotes #Dyslexia
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
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A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
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"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES Th…
insidecroydon.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
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Big up to 'Calais Appeal' who do amazing work supporting those with nothing
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
December 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Big up to 'Calais Appeal' who do amazing work supporting those with nothing
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
Richard Murphy’s response to Zack Polanski’s Christmas message is well worth your time - a politics of hope needs an economics of care …
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care
Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel.
As he pointed out, quite fairly, France is not a safe place ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Richard Murphy’s response to Zack Polanski’s Christmas message is well worth your time - a politics of hope needs an economics of care …
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"This is national security issue. Without a living, healthy biosphere, there is no stable economy, no food..."
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"This is national security issue. Without a living, healthy biosphere, there is no stable economy, no food..."
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
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Mastodon mandibular tusks! It’s a good look, as you can see here on this large friend I visited at the Gray Fossil Site in 2021. What role these teeth may have played in the life of the beast is unclear, but other fossil elephants used such tusks to scrape bark and scoop vegetation. 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Mastodon mandibular tusks! It’s a good look, as you can see here on this large friend I visited at the Gray Fossil Site in 2021. What role these teeth may have played in the life of the beast is unclear, but other fossil elephants used such tusks to scrape bark and scoop vegetation. 🧪
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We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
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Can we all make sure we are following Mothin, greens deputy. I could hug him for speaking up for the hunger striking PA political prisoners. He deserves more followers. Thank you Mothin!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
bsky.app/profile/moth...
Amu Gib is extremely frail
For 10 days the prison refused to acknowledge she was on hunger strike
Another prisoner, Qesser (20), has dangerously low BP + high heart rate, blocked from hospital care
They're political prisoners held without trial
They must be bailed and proper medical treatment 🇵🇸
For 10 days the prison refused to acknowledge she was on hunger strike
Another prisoner, Qesser (20), has dangerously low BP + high heart rate, blocked from hospital care
They're political prisoners held without trial
They must be bailed and proper medical treatment 🇵🇸
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can we all make sure we are following Mothin, greens deputy. I could hug him for speaking up for the hunger striking PA political prisoners. He deserves more followers. Thank you Mothin!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
bsky.app/profile/moth...
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@goodlawproject.bsky.social and @justtreatment.org set up a tool to help us check whether our local NHS trusts are adopting Palantir's software and, if so, to send an email calling on them to reject its use. Let's start emailing!
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@goodlawproject.bsky.social and @justtreatment.org set up a tool to help us check whether our local NHS trusts are adopting Palantir's software and, if so, to send an email calling on them to reject its use. Let's start emailing!
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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People say the UK leads on animal welfare, yet many animals are still kept in awful conditions that others in Europe have already moved away from.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
People say the UK leads on animal welfare, yet many animals are still kept in awful conditions that others in Europe have already moved away from.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
Today I brought together thirty-six MPs and Lords to urge the SoS at Defra to end farrowing crates and cages.
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CLOSING TODAY: DEFRA is asking for people's opinions on new ways to hand out fines to water companies.
But the companies simply shrug off fines as an occupational hazard.
Write to DEFRA now, and tell them that regulation won't work - we demand a publicly owned water system.
⏰Deadline midnight!
But the companies simply shrug off fines as an occupational hazard.
Write to DEFRA now, and tell them that regulation won't work - we demand a publicly owned water system.
⏰Deadline midnight!
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
weownit.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
CLOSING TODAY: DEFRA is asking for people's opinions on new ways to hand out fines to water companies.
But the companies simply shrug off fines as an occupational hazard.
Write to DEFRA now, and tell them that regulation won't work - we demand a publicly owned water system.
⏰Deadline midnight!
But the companies simply shrug off fines as an occupational hazard.
Write to DEFRA now, and tell them that regulation won't work - we demand a publicly owned water system.
⏰Deadline midnight!
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‘We don’t have the time that we think we have, we don’t have the luxury of saying we’ll do that in the future’
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
‘We don’t have the time that we think we have, we don’t have the luxury of saying we’ll do that in the future’
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
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"We've seen a stealth tax come in, not a wealth tax."
@frankadlingtons.bsky.social discusses the Budget on BBC Politics East Midlands.
@frankadlingtons.bsky.social discusses the Budget on BBC Politics East Midlands.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"We've seen a stealth tax come in, not a wealth tax."
@frankadlingtons.bsky.social discusses the Budget on BBC Politics East Midlands.
@frankadlingtons.bsky.social discusses the Budget on BBC Politics East Midlands.
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CAMPAIGN WIN 🎉
The UK is withdrawing funding from a massive gas power plant in Mozambique. Funding this carbon bomb would have been a climate and human rights disaster. Thanks to campaigners keeping up the pressure, today we can celebrate this huge win
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
The UK is withdrawing funding from a massive gas power plant in Mozambique. Funding this carbon bomb would have been a climate and human rights disaster. Thanks to campaigners keeping up the pressure, today we can celebrate this huge win
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Britain withdraws $1.15 billion backing from TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG
The British government has decided to withdraw its $1.15 billion backing for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas project, it said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
CAMPAIGN WIN 🎉
The UK is withdrawing funding from a massive gas power plant in Mozambique. Funding this carbon bomb would have been a climate and human rights disaster. Thanks to campaigners keeping up the pressure, today we can celebrate this huge win
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
The UK is withdrawing funding from a massive gas power plant in Mozambique. Funding this carbon bomb would have been a climate and human rights disaster. Thanks to campaigners keeping up the pressure, today we can celebrate this huge win
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
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At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
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Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as the NHS Crisis Deepens - A Collective Statement
weownit.org.uk/news/health-...
weownit.org.uk/news/health-...
Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as the NHS Crisis Deepens - A Collective Statement
A collective statement about how the NHS is negatively affected by decisions made at the Autumn Budget
weownit.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as the NHS Crisis Deepens - A Collective Statement
weownit.org.uk/news/health-...
weownit.org.uk/news/health-...
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The people who grow and pick the tea we drink are dealing with poverty, dangerous working conditions, and the impacts of climate change. Ask the government to Brew It Fair: action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/171071/...
Sign now | Ask the government to Brew it Fair
The people who grow and pick the tea we drink are dealing with poverty, dangerous working conditions, and the impacts of climate change.
action.fairtrade.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The people who grow and pick the tea we drink are dealing with poverty, dangerous working conditions, and the impacts of climate change. Ask the government to Brew It Fair: action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/171071/...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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The power of Ian Wright
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The power of Ian Wright
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The same thing will happen here. This is the path we're following so some centrists can attract votes from racists.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The same thing will happen here. This is the path we're following so some centrists can attract votes from racists.
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