Jess Worth

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.

The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.

This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

UW study finds leading cause of whale deaths New research shows that the top threat to whales around the globe has changed. But it wouldn't take much to reduce the risk, researchers say.

40% of the mass of everything transported by a ship in 2023 was a fossil fuel.

That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Oh wow!

Bring Thames Water into public ownership

Thames Water is trying to sneak a bailout past customers before Christmas.

It'll cost 800 MILLION in fees and interest.

90% of the world runs water in public hands: we can do the same here.

Add your name here adn demand permanent public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

Democracy For Sale A survey into people's attitudes to the health of British politics from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money

Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?

Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!

It's a big day for us tomorrow and here are a few people who support our cause to save the Observer. Thanks so much to @wmarybeard.bsky.social, @richardcoles.bsky.social and @carolinelucas.bsky.social to name a few.

We’ll be sharing news throughout the day so make sure you follow us for updates

Just your regular reminder that public ownership is hugely popular ❤️

That’s extremely impressive.

YouTube video by Eleanor Morton cs Lewis tells JRR Tolkien about his new book

It's that time of year

youtu.be/DBKwFb9_k1Q?...

🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14

A snowy garden

Woke up to an unexpected Winter Wonderland today! #oxford #snow ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?

The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.

Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.

I shall learn tagging for next time…

Thank you! Can I tag it once it’s already been posted?

A little interlude of pure wonder. Starlings murmurating at Otmoor this afternoon 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

I understand from @ruthibrandt.bsky.social that I’m required to demonstrate #proofofcat to join this place? This is Obi. He’s delighted we’ve turned on the central heating.