Wieke Eringa

The main reason climate policy has failed is that it's opposed by an international coalition of fossil fuel incumbents, authoritarian governments, & oligarch-owned media.

That's it. It's the people who killed it who are responsible for killing it! Not the people who supported it! FFS.

I do media analysis of immigration coverage as part of my job. The BBC is far from the worst, but lack of context for reasons people come to UK, language, repetition of falsehoods, especially without genuine pushback etc, has gotten worse, and is undoubtedly feeding the anti-immigration narrative.

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....

PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Ed Davey has written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join him in condemning Elon Musk's remarks yesterday

A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s

"If you want to understand what England will look like with a Reform government, just come to our town. Racists and thugs are acting with impunity, intimidating local residents and people of colour, who are living in fear."
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I almost wish i was back on The old twitter just to express my utter loathing for virgin media right now!

Does anyone here know of real policies that decrease inequality (other than taxing super rich)? What actually works? Has any country ever done it? What needs to happen to reduce extreme wealth and poverty? It feels like we’re forever tinkering around the edges. What is a whole systems approach?

Tambo & Bones - Leeds Playhouse An exhilarating, funny and provocative satire, which journeys from comedy double-act, to hip-hop superstars, to activists in a future America.

Big shout out to the brilliant cast of Tambo & Bones Unmissable, powerful utterly relevant and compelling. On that edge: laughing knowing you should be crying; enjoying whilst you should be devastated and horrified. The show you need to see several times!
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Exactly this!!

The Beef Industry Knew Its Climate Impact as Early as 1989 — and Worked to Obfuscate the Science Two new studies reveal decades of industry tactics to downplay beef’s role in climate. change.

The Beef Industry Knew Its Climate Impact as Early as 1989 — and Worked to Obfuscate the Science

Keep in mind that 74 percent of respondents to a WaPo poll believe — contrary to the evidence — that eating less meat has little or no effect on climate change.

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Still feeling the love for this brilliant event; dressed up to the nines they danced in all the colours of the rainbow 🌈 pure gold!

“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak.
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social

Polishing the flute!

And we’re off! Fantastic room full of arts leaders and cultural researchers, great speakers and the brilliant Nick Ahad: What’s Next For Arts in Culture! @universityofleeds.bsky.social

MTG’s latest conspiracy: Ukraine aid funds organ trafficking.

With zero evidence, Greene linked U.S. aid to Ukraine to a black market kidney trade. Her proof? A single criminal case from 2017 to 2019—before the war even started.

This isn’t foreign policy. It’s straight-up nonsense.

In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

YouTube video by Brut America French Senator criticizes Trump

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Very powerful summary and worth 3 minutes.

Emergency demonstration at US embassy. Wed 5 March - 5:30pm

Good morning all! 🇺🇦

Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻

Only 3 weeks to go until this fun and friendly queer masked ball! Such a fab rehearsal tonight; starting to sound good! Come and chachach and waltz the night away, beginners lesson included! @popleeds.bsky.social can you give us a shout?

As we welcome the news that the UK will support Ukraine with a £2.26bn loan…

Here’s your reminder that the Conservatives wasted £9.9bn on unusable or defective PPE

Never forget their staggering corruption and incompetence.

Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!

Here's what the idiots in the White House utterly fail to comprehend. They and the US came out of that argument weaker. Zelensky came out stronger, with Europe rallying behind Ukraine more than before. They came out looking like petulant idiots; he came out looking like a leader with integrity.

No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unsurprisingly, this petition is racing at pace. 👇👇

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!

If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!

Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.

JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺

#24HourEconomicBlackout

I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

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