Vonn Conch
@vonnconch.bsky.social
Bosky Pebbler
On a green hillside with a sunny aspect - autonomous, interdependent, rooted #NaturePositive #PaleBlueDot born at 326ppmCO2
We are the Earth protecting itself
North Pennines, UK
On a green hillside with a sunny aspect - autonomous, interdependent, rooted #NaturePositive #PaleBlueDot born at 326ppmCO2
We are the Earth protecting itself
North Pennines, UK
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Labour backbencher Chris Hinchliff:
“It’s time our Labour government stopped pitching nature as the enemy of a better life for ordinary people in this country and realised that, for the vast majority, it is a measure of it.”
“It’s time our Labour government stopped pitching nature as the enemy of a better life for ordinary people in this country and realised that, for the vast majority, it is a measure of it.”
Labour's ceaseless yet baseless attacks on Nature and the Environment are not going unopposed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Labour backbencher Chris Hinchliff:
“It’s time our Labour government stopped pitching nature as the enemy of a better life for ordinary people in this country and realised that, for the vast majority, it is a measure of it.”
“It’s time our Labour government stopped pitching nature as the enemy of a better life for ordinary people in this country and realised that, for the vast majority, it is a measure of it.”
A quick win for the @DfE @DoH and @DWP to help NEETs with mental health issues is to fund English and Maths GCSE retakes without requiring 16-18yo to also enrol on another college course. Can be done if you're 19+, why not if you're 16?
@AlanMilburn
@PatMcFadden
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@AlanMilburn
@PatMcFadden
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Independent investigation to be launched to tackle rising youth inactivity
An independent investigation will be launched to tackle the persistently high numbers of young people out of work, education and training, which ministers have warned is a
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A quick win for the @DfE @DoH and @DWP to help NEETs with mental health issues is to fund English and Maths GCSE retakes without requiring 16-18yo to also enrol on another college course. Can be done if you're 19+, why not if you're 16?
@AlanMilburn
@PatMcFadden
www.gov.uk/government/n...
@AlanMilburn
@PatMcFadden
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists
Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists
Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Calling fans of #Pratchett and #RaisingSteam (and other railway enthusiasts)! This weekend marks the 200th anniversary of the passenger train
railway200.co.uk
#Discworld
#IndustrialRevolution
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#Discworld
#IndustrialRevolution
Railway 200
In 2025 Railway 200 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Nationwide celebrations are planned.
railway200.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Calling fans of #Pratchett and #RaisingSteam (and other railway enthusiasts)! This weekend marks the 200th anniversary of the passenger train
railway200.co.uk
#Discworld
#IndustrialRevolution
railway200.co.uk
#Discworld
#IndustrialRevolution
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I work with lots of professional ecologists across Scotland and they all say (bar none) that the habitat they survey professionally, with the lowest levels of biodiversity is managed grouse moor.
These are commercial ecologists who work as part of the planning process
These are commercial ecologists who work as part of the planning process
It's the Inglorious 12th. The start of the Red Grouse shooting season.
Grouse shooting: an expensive niche hobby of shooting birds for fun, based on environmentally damaging burning of our uplands and underpinned by crime against wildlife.
Shame!
Grouse shooting: an expensive niche hobby of shooting birds for fun, based on environmentally damaging burning of our uplands and underpinned by crime against wildlife.
Shame!
August 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I work with lots of professional ecologists across Scotland and they all say (bar none) that the habitat they survey professionally, with the lowest levels of biodiversity is managed grouse moor.
These are commercial ecologists who work as part of the planning process
These are commercial ecologists who work as part of the planning process
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Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:
Equalities law now clarified to protect all eight of the protected characteristics equally. Excellent.
The reaction to women celebrating the For Women Scotland legal victory only serves as a reminder that while the law is the law our culture remains dead-set against women who say no.
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted | Sonia Sodha
Last week’s ruling clarified the legal safeguards of the Equality Act. However, it was a travesty that the battle needed to be fought at all
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Equalities law now clarified to protect all eight of the protected characteristics equally. Excellent.
Reposted by Vonn Conch
The reaction to women celebrating the For Women Scotland legal victory only serves as a reminder that while the law is the law our culture remains dead-set against women who say no.
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The supreme court has carefully ringfenced protections for women. That’s all we wanted | Sonia Sodha
Last week’s ruling clarified the legal safeguards of the Equality Act. However, it was a travesty that the battle needed to be fought at all
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The reaction to women celebrating the For Women Scotland legal victory only serves as a reminder that while the law is the law our culture remains dead-set against women who say no.
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My final column for the Observer.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Book recommendation: accessible graphic novel tying together all the scary snap shots of the #metacrisis and showing #thrutopia solutions- how we got where we are, and how to get from here to where we need to be
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
World Without End
THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
*A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024*
“Can a graphic novel save the planet? Perhaps.” – Elizabeth Kolbert
Is this the end of the world? Perhaps not.
In ...
www.penguin.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Book recommendation: accessible graphic novel tying together all the scary snap shots of the #metacrisis and showing #thrutopia solutions- how we got where we are, and how to get from here to where we need to be
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
Book review time:
Slow to start, but chimes increasingly strong. Feels like becoming the shipping forecast.
Slow to start, but chimes increasingly strong. Feels like becoming the shipping forecast.
January 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Book review time:
Slow to start, but chimes increasingly strong. Feels like becoming the shipping forecast.
Slow to start, but chimes increasingly strong. Feels like becoming the shipping forecast.
Health, wealth and happiness to you and yours, from me and mine, for 2025 from the Tar Barreling Dale youtu.be/VLvlryogbr4?...
Embers Of Allendale
YouTube video by Franchesca Harrison
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January 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Health, wealth and happiness to you and yours, from me and mine, for 2025 from the Tar Barreling Dale youtu.be/VLvlryogbr4?...
#Booksky recommendation: accessible graphic novel tying together all the scary snap shots of the #metacrisis and showing #thrutopia solutions- how we got where we are, and how to get from here to where we need to be
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
#Booksky recommendation: accessible graphic novel tying together all the scary snap shots of the #metacrisis and showing #thrutopia solutions- how we got where we are, and how to get from here to where we need to be
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/457628...
A day full of potential and coming together to rescue a most ancient tree alongside a grade 1 listed church.
#BeltinghamYew
#BeltinghamYew
August 31, 2024 at 2:35 PM
A day full of potential and coming together to rescue a most ancient tree alongside a grade 1 listed church.
#BeltinghamYew
#BeltinghamYew