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Stephen Lowe Watson

@stephenlowewatson.bsky.social

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Ex-NHS IT guy. Wildlife, trees, Sussex downs, climate. Environmental fantasy novel: 'Root Rage'. I amuse myself by twiddling on a concertina. Born at 316ppm

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's simply that she's a hireling of fossil fuel interests

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 3d

Since the police have discretion about which crimes they'll investigate, they must be at liberty to ignore harmless 'offences' such as peaceful protest.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 3d

Or they are part of a real plot, the same one that is playing out across the pond

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 3d

Wow!

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 3d

Hence:
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 27d

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 3d

Remarkable

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 3d

'Drive up energy costs' also means 'boost energy revenue and profits'. Follow the money to see who's paying the piper.

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 4d

Don't hold your breath on that. Definitions of terrorism vary of course.
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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 5d

Definition of terrorism from the Pocket Oxford Dictionary I was given at school

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 4d

So, peacefully holding a placard can be terrorism, but they're not sure about setting fire to a mosque

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 4d

#FirstBirdOfMyDay was a robin in a cherry tree making ticking and whirring sounds instead of singing. Turned on Radio 3 and got a bittern booming and a nightingale singing. Thanks @tommckinney.bsky.social and Hamza Yassin

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4d

You'll put down strangers,
Kill them, cut their throats, possess their houses,
And lead the majesty of law in line,
To slip him like a hound.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 5d

Could have been worse. I hope the ceilidh was a good one.

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 5d

Definition of terrorism from the Pocket Oxford Dictionary I was given at school

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 5d

The country has been kicked in the head by oligarchic money that buys and captures both media and politicians, aided and abetted by hostile foreign powers sharing the divide-and-rule objective.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 5d

If they did that, they demeaned and humiliated themselves and their flag

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 6d

As Storm Amy delivers a rouser to Britain and Ireland, here's another Amy giving one to Lazy Laurie In a short film by @wilfrid-watson.bsky.social, dramatising a chapter from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. youtu.be/IuFyncaGPn4?...

Little Women: Lazy Laurie

YouTube video by Wilfrid Watson

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 6d

Nigel Farage: man of the (billionaire) people.

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 7d

I'm shocked and horrified by all the violence in the world. Sickened by today's attack in Manchester. Violence breeds more violence.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 8d

Here it's not quite yet time for the Last Rose of Summer, but the blooms may be due a battering this weekend

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 9d

A jackdaw flying over unusually fast and straight, calling continuously. Wonder what that was about.

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 9d

@jamesmaccleary.bsky.social Will you be attending this briefing?

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 9d

For the UK, immigration is the inevitable consequence of Empire.

Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 10d

Nowhere does the 'anonymous memo' mention the oligarchs and press barons whose media and money drives the rise of racist, right wing populism. Like all autocrats, they hate, fear and seek to destroy them intelligencia which resists them.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 10d

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