Susan Board, PhD

Still doesn’t make him a likeable character 🤣

Allowing elites and corporations to fund political campaigns means they install political leaders who shape policy to their benefit. It is institutionalised political corruption, there's no other way to describe it.

Democracy cannot function under these conditions.

Brits: you are nowhere near frightened enough of what's happening in the US right now and what UK politicians are promising with the help of Palantir and friends. From @ markmcposts on IG.

‘If you use AI, you might well die’ Craig Charles just now on #radio6music. I think I might start using that phrase with my students 😆It certainly stunts critical thinking!

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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'Our children are next' fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestock In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.

Severe drought means children are dangerously malnourished in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia - but Western governments have cut food aid supplies.

We need to adapt to this changing climate, and ensure that our infrastructure is resilient.

We will see more of these events, and they will continue to become more extreme until we halt climate change by reaching global net-zero emissions.

We will regret not acting sooner, and not acting faster.

When it rains, it now rains more.

For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall.

And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.

It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.

Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
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Sombre, sodden, bleak
This winter morn; we look for
The chink of light, hope.

Daily #haiku

Why is this not standard for the rest of us who are not billionaires?! I know…

It's only 3 weeks since the US invaded Venezuela, captured its president and appropriated its oil.

And yet it's barely been in the news for last week or two cos of all the other new shit.

What a world.

makes it hard for me & @sandylaping.bsky.social to stay on top of www.trumpactiontracker.info!

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

You may’ve seen coverage of a new report on the threat to national security from environmental collapse.

A common response that’s got my goat is: “Look, it’s not just tree-hugging enviros saying this, it’s hard-nosed spooks!”

A short thread on why this framing is bad history & bad politics🧵😡😉

So good to hear something positive and encouraging - more like this needed!

Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply

Half the world's 100 largest cities are experiencing high water stress, where the amount of water being used is perilously close to exceeding what's available. Now, climate change is drying already stretched water supplies. Our new article, out now:

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Screenshot of the first two pages of the assessment. Machine readable version at link

This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p...

Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The judgements are stomach-churning

The Valueless Presidency America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.

Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize.

That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.

We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.

My latest 👇

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Trump in Davos, Switzerland:

"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".

German is the main language of Switzerland.

Trump's Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump's delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears, argues Alexandra Hall Hall

🔴Trump’s Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos

For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump’s delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears, argues @alexhh.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/d...

Trump: "I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China."

Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth

I know this is all just very stupid but come on

Gutter racism on the international stage.

The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to act together | Mark Carney In a speech to Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney lays out the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order

The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to act together | Mark Carney

You know what to do

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

The state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, was responsible for emissions of 1.7bn tonnes CO2 in 2024

That's more than the emissions of Japan & Germany combined

Exxon, with 610mn tonnes, caused more CO2 emissions than South Korea

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Save Greenland for us all with a global protectorate | Letters Letters: Rupert Read, Andrew Boswell, Nick Brooks and Bridget McKenzie look to the Antarctic treaty to find a way forward for the high north. Plus letters from Dee Cook, Glyn Ford and others

Read my letter in @theguardian.com to encourage an international protectorate over Greenland:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

It has significance for all of us as polar ice continues to melt at an alarming rate due to accelerating climate change.

#greenland