Dr Luke Walker

disturbed boy looking up, hands held up, palms open, one foot leaning on a large door behind him. In a garden, neatly tended, several wriggling plants, all showing an agitated rococo line, tending upwards.

Through impatience we always make things worse. Source: Salzmann, Elements of Morality, tr. Wollstonecraft, vol. 2. This is one of the engravings thought to be designed as well as engraved by Blake.

Police plan to arrest anyone supporting Palestine Action at London protest Source says presence of large crowds would not prevent arrests under terrorism laws

Met Police absolutely desperate to get the order to wield a truncheon

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Thanks for reading so I don't have to

How my beloved Green Party lost the plot Instead of viewpoint diversity and rational persuasion, it is now in thrall to authoritarian identity politics

Not able to read this nonsense due to paywall, but

1) Shahrar Ali has spent years trying to destroy his 'beloved' party

2) The Telegraph giving this anti-trans grifter a big opinion piece like this to attack Zack Polanski shows how rightwing press are scared

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

Every time someone posts about the structural and inherent limitations of LLMs there are loads of people in the replies confidently asserting AI will overcome all its current limitations, and they remind me of the people in the 1960s who were confident we would have colonised the galaxy by 1999.

Honoured to be in this video of former Green Party staffers voting for Zack!

Voting is open now.

You know what to do.

#BackZack

Impressive result here for Greens, from a standing start

Met police to more than double use of live facial recognition Technology will now be used up to 10 times a week across five days, up from four times a week across two days

The fact that police facial recognition technology has been put on our streets and expanded repeatedly over nearly ten years - by two Governments - without a single piece of specific legislation being voted on by MPs is utterly outrageous and sinister.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I'll give this guy one thing. He can post better than basically all other politicians

🧵/ With the Green Party leadership ballots opening tomorrow, how do potential Green voters see the party?

52% of Green considerers think the party should focus on being generally left-wing, more than the 33% who believe it should focus on the environment

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

A photo of a poster, which reads "Not in our name: Women in support of the Trans+ community. We are a collective of women from every corner of society - who reject completely and categorically - the active discrimination and exclusion of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people."

I've signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social 'Not In Our Name' open letter. We are cis women in support of the trans community and we are clear: those who continue to target this minority group do not speak for us or represent our interests. www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND

Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths.

This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻

A little background 🧵 1/

yle.fi/a/74-20174831

By-election due as Brighton councillor resigns A Brighton councillor has resigned to take up a new job in a move that will trigger a by-election –

Yet another Brighton & Hove Labour Councillor has resigned. The sixth in two years!

Not for any principled reason, but to take up another job.

And residents of Queen's Park have now been abandoned by both cllrs elected in 2023.

💚 Greens can win here!

www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/07/29/b...

Graphic reading “We’re in court tomorrow” with an image of the Royal Courts of Justice

We’re heading to court tomorrow for the first step in our challenge against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance.

Together with two trans people and one person who is intersex, we’ll be asking the court for permission to bring our case.

We’ll let you know as soon as the court decides.

John Swinney and Anas Sarwar forced to wait as Donald Trump plays golf POLITICIANS in Scotland were forced to wait as Donald Trump was spotted on the driving range of his golf club in Aberdeen during a delay in the…

Being deliberately humiliated by a fascist wannabe-dictator as you wait to do PR work for his local business interests.

www.thenational.scot/news/2534869...

I am glad that some politicians still try and actually lead and confront the nonsense right wing narratives in the media, rather than just being blindly led by them like Labour atm

Also if you want a masterpiece in framing to blame the victim, here is how the Telegraph frames this incident where a bunch of women showed up to assault a trans woman for playing a sport that 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅!

Open letter: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. Please sign and share ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Erm...

Things that weren't on my 2025 bingo card!

Labour encouraging riots.

It's like a protection racket. The Scottish Government is offering tribute, kissing the ring and letting Trump shake them down. Embarrassing and a waste of public money.

can't believe Knud Schønberg photocopied my five-year research plan for a bookplate

Little Atoms 962 - Mike Jay's Free Radicals | Little Atoms A Podcast about Ideas and Culture

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @mikejay.bsky.social on his latest book Free Radicals. Out now from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:

shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Such an important point. The national Green Party urgently needs to focus on supporting those Green cllrs who are running councils, particularly through local and national comms support.

Rachel's got my first place vote as Deputy Leader

UN human rights chief criticises 'disturbing' Palestine Action ban Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thanks!

Follow @lgbtiqagreens.bsky.social (and/or sign up to their email list). They are asking candidates for all internal elections to sign these pledges. I don't know when the results will be released?

The headline below a photo of Trump’s eyes says: CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND. The sub-heading reads: Republican leader, who was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, will visit golf courses.

NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.

This sort of poll, where the Tories are only 5 or 6 points ahead of the Greens, is now normal.

Where is the Tory floor I wonder?

Pretty sure that Greens haven't hit their ceiling, especially if @zackpolanski.bsky.social becomes leader!