Britain missing out on potential Β£2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste
Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year
I visited the waste recycling centre in Leeds a few months ago
I saw waste that could be exported or buried, being sorted, sifted, processed, ready to be transformed into something useful
The material that couldn't be recycled was turned into high-end aggregate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
10.10.2025 10:32 β π 61 π 18 π¬ 2 π 0
From @tonybooth1.bsky.social arrested for opposing genocide & seeking freedom to support those who destroy the means of genocide, on the 89th anniversary of his fatherβs arrest resisting fascists in Cable St. @jvl.org.uk @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk
10.10.2025 13:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
10.10.2025 09:06 β π 1562 π 271 π¬ 116 π 58
Compulsory purchase & refurbishing to provide homes for those in need is much better than building new on green spaces. Does anyone remember Ken Livingstoneβs homesteading scheme in the 1980s GLC which sold empty homes to low income families at nominal prices with help for refurb?
10.10.2025 08:14 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Audience member rips apart Zia Yusuf's obsession with immigration, all the problems are due to austerity.
He challenges Yusuf to speak about other issues.
Yusuf lasts less than 2 seconds, all he and Reform have is, "Immigrants bad!"
#bbcqt
09.10.2025 21:09 β π 396 π 99 π¬ 12 π 5
Lets make different political choices says Zack Polanski.
Like taxing billionaires instead of blaming poor people.
#bbcqt
09.10.2025 20:57 β π 851 π 222 π¬ 17 π 18
YouTube video by Novara Media
Britainβs Immigration Panic Is Manufactured | Deputy Green Leader Mothin Ali Interview
The #BBCQT audience proved what I keep saying, the 'problem' of migration is manufactured, the media hypes it up, the far-right hypes it up, social media bots hypes it up
Decent people recognise the benefits & necessity of immigration
Watch
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09.10.2025 21:52 β π 151 π 36 π¬ 4 π 1
Water bills = a tax on us collected by hedge fund profiteers while they wreck our water systems. π©π€’π°π°π°Take back water Now π@weownit.org
09.10.2025 10:52 β π 101 π 38 π¬ 1 π 0
Spain has made it a serious crime with up to Life imprisonment if anyone sends arms to Israel.
The rest of the world need to do the same.
No weapons for War Criminals.
09.10.2025 13:11 β π 757 π 231 π¬ 13 π 8
ISRAEL, HAMAS AGREE ON GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL
Gaza ceasefire breakthrough announced by US President Donald Trump on third day of talks in Egyptβs Sharm el-Sheikh.
We welcome the news of a potential ceasefire in Gaza.
This must be the first step in bringing about justice for the Palestinian people, an end to the brutal Israeli occupation and lasting peace in the region.
09.10.2025 11:16 β π 23 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Sounds like the AI bubble needs to burst. It is environmentally destructive and is already taking peopleβs livelihoods. If we had caring governments they would be legislating for this. But we donβt. We need to make sure we donβt bail out the greedy investors.
09.10.2025 07:04 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The BBC's justification for platforming Farage beyond the actual significance of his small parliamentary party are his polls. A rather cynical explanation, for he wouldn't be where he is without the constant, uncritical appearances he's given on the BBC. It's a (literally) vicious circle.
09.10.2025 05:51 β π 1194 π 310 π¬ 65 π 19
Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British
This governmentβs stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging
βArrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British
This governmentβs stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on diggingβ
- The New World Magazine
www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-a...
Sign up to oppose this absurd ban: wedonotcomply.org
08.10.2025 18:54 β π 32 π 18 π¬ 1 π 2
Just got the beautiful cover design of @alisonhopealkon.bsky.social and my companion to our 2011 'Cultivating Food Justice' published by @mitpress.bsky.social It's due out in February next year. Mark your calendars!
08.10.2025 20:12 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
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08.10.2025 18:57 β π 1259 π 319 π¬ 47 π 45
This is appalling. Iβm sure that students will find other ways of communicating, but this raises huge questions about student freedoms. Maybe boycott Glasgow, Herriot Watt and Loughborough? UK universities offered to monitor studentsβ social media for arms firms, emails show
08.10.2025 16:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What Reeves is saying here is not only that a βmicroscopic snail you canβt even seeβ should be destroyed in the rush for speculative development, but that clean fresh water itβs an indicator of is of no value. Surprise!
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid βgood relationshipβ with developer
08.10.2025 09:59 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid βgood relationshipβ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to βsome snails that are a protected species or somethingβ
I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
07.10.2025 18:12 β π 423 π 142 π¬ 12 π 16
Sam Altmanβs AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say itβs βscaryβ | Fortune
Andrew Chien told Fortune heβs been a computer scientist for 40 years but weβre close to βsome seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.β
OpenAIβs planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altmanβs buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades
06.10.2025 16:51 β π 365 π 228 π¬ 22 π 68
I sat on the Defend our Juries protest as a Jew opposing genocide and antisemitism countering the absurd insult that to oppose genocide is antisemitic. @defendourjuries.bsky.social @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social @jewishvoice.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
07.10.2025 13:35 β π 71 π 24 π¬ 3 π 0
"the IDF say they attack hospitals because Hamas use them as areas to fight from..."
NHS surgeon Nick Maynard: "Its disappointing to hear that this is still being raised by the media in our country... there has been no credible evidence to support those claims"
07.10.2025 07:18 β π 282 π 139 π¬ 7 π 2
"I bore witness with my own eyes the appalling humanitarian catastrophe, the genocide that's being carried out. Each time I've been to Gaza its worse than the time before"
NHS surgeon Nick Maynard is asked about his reflections from working in Gaza
07.10.2025 07:22 β π 83 π 64 π¬ 2 π 3
Brian Pattenβs βLove Poemsβ was one of the first poetry collections I bought. His words carry such a gift of connection, seconding this #lifttothesky
07.10.2025 06:29 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
A screenshot of a photograph of Anne Frank. Itβs a black and white photo and is a side profile of her head looking towards the left of the page. There is black text above the photo and it says:
β the people who hid Anne frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it.β
Just a simple reminder for today.
07.10.2025 08:16 β π 160 π 67 π¬ 0 π 3
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