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Damien Willey @kernowdamo.bsky.social · 8h

Zack Polanski Terrifies the Establishment — And They’re Panicking #DamoRants #GreenParty youtu.be/b2rA0kA8LjU

Zack Polanski Terrifies the Establishment — And They’re Panicking

YouTube video by KernowDamo

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 15h

Yes - how sad!! Maybe they could take up a legal ‘sport’, one that doesn’t involve terrorising defenseless creatures so that they can gloat over them after they’ve killed them…

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 20h

Just typed in Neil Finch and this popped up??….

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Population Matters @popnmatters.bsky.social · 1d

Only a fraction of electric and electronic equipment – around 4 million tonnes– is recycled and prepared for reuse. Optimising these processed would reduce demand for both extraction and production, and slow down resource loops.

theconversation.com/inside-the-n...

Inside the new repairability scores for smartphones and tablets in the EU

The EU energy label for these devices now includes scores aimed at drawing consumers to products that are easier to fix.

theconversation.com

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 1d

Global banking climate group to stop operations after member exodus.

theecologist.org/2025/oct/06/...

Green capital - don't bank on it!

Global banking climate group to stop operations after member exodus.

theecologist.org

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 1d

I’m always amazed at the daintiness of herring gull feet…

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 1d

Typical knee jerk reaction from people with too much power..

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 1d

A starving wolf killed the EU president's precious pony
Now she has unleashed a frenzy of wolf killing across Europe

www.euractiv.com/news/europes...

Easy prey: Why Europe’s wolves are back on the endangered list | Euractiv

EU countries are playing 'wolf in sheep's clothing' with the Commission as they inflate population figures to secure more hunts.

www.euractiv.com

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 1d

Why is NHS funding going to private pockets?

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 1d

Herr Flick

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d

Can the Greens stop Reform?

Rachel Millward: There is ‘no one else coming’ to stop a Reform government except the Green Party

"We're at an urgent, urgent battle for the truth, for the country"

leftfootforward.org

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa): 108cm (43in). This is a medium-sized wild cat occurring from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into southern China. Total population is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals. #cloudedleopard #leopard #wildlife #nature #bluesky

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Population Matters @popnmatters.bsky.social · 1d

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 2d

Death/money triumphs…

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 2d

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Population Matters @popnmatters.bsky.social · 3d

We need to normalise having conversations about the impact a growing population is having on our planet

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 3d

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 3d

#BoycottTesla

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

NHS increased use of the private sector under Labour govt.

Private sector delivered 22.1% of ophthalmic, 20.5% of orthopaedic procedures.

Numbers of NHS patients treated by private sector up by 10%.

With profit margins of up to 40% money buys less.

More efficient to expand NHS capacity.

New ICB figures show uneven trends on use of private sector? - The Lowdown

New figures published earlier this month show the extent to which some Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have increased their use of the private sector since Labour took office last July, and the extent t...

lowdownnhs.info

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 6d

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 6d

Corruption and profiteering during the pandemic cost lives.

Anyone involved in that scandal has no place making our laws.

Sign our petition calling on the Government to strip Michelle Mone of her peerage:

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This campaign needs you now

Strip Michelle Mone of her peerage

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 7d

Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.

Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.

➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely banging article from @privateeyenews.bsky.social blowing more whistles than James Galway - brilliant stuff!!
www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...

www.private-eye.co.uk

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Jane Goodall who has given her life to care so much for chimps and wildlife was never afraid to tell the truth and is 100% correct
"We cannot hide away from human population growth"
Have less children - stop over consumption and give nature a chance to heal

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walkingpete.bsky.social @walkingpete.bsky.social · 7d

Another way right wingers have to cripple our public services…