Bethan Angharad

Terry the Treecreeper #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles #ukbirds #ECK

Our city's soul is being ransacked.

My critics want silence – but advocating for peace is what democracy demands A week ago, I attended the apolitical Stop The War Coalition protest in Parliament Square alongside hundreds of fellow protesters. Since then,…

Muslim voices speaking about war in the Middle East are treated not as participants in democratic debate but as suspects within it. Our motives are interrogated, our loyalties questioned, and our words interpreted through a presumption of bad faith.

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There seems to be nothing this "administration" can't do poorly and with great ineptitude

Mothin Ali - on point as ever. It is humbling to see that a community gardener from Gipton & Harehills holds more integrity in his little finger than the entire Westminster political Elite.

“My critics want silence. But advocating for peace is what democracy demands”

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Mary Wollstonecraft: the radical thinker who shaped modern feminism Mary Wollstonecraft argued women were rational beings deserving education, independence and freedom – ideas still contested today

Mary Wollstonecraft, once mocked as a “hyena in a petticoat”, argued in 1792 that women were rational beings who deserved the same education as men.

The idea was considered revolutionary.

Today she is recognised as one of the founders of modern feminism.

I predict a Green wave in the local elections. Anyone who thinks our byelection win was an outlier is mistaken | Zack Polanski Since the Gorton and Denton victory, I have travelled the UK and seen the energy that result unleashed. More will follow, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party

"We saw that change in Gorton and Denton – and that result unlocked a new level of confidence for potential Green voters that they can truly vote for what they want and get it."

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I think it’s a wine bar now.

Detail from the 4th century ‘Charioteer Mosaic’ featuring a victorious charioteer and quadriga (4 horse chariot). The mosaic decorated one of the rooms at Rudston Roman Villa in East Yorkshire; now part of the collections at Hull and East Riding Museum. 📸 My own #MosaicMonday

UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year

UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax.

Companies run up debts, declare bankruptcy, debts shed, new company formed with same management/owners ... rinsed and repeated.

HMRC loses £836m a year. Creditors, including SMEs, lose millions.

I wonder what all of those people could have done with that time if we were already part of an agreement that standardised regulations across the EU & cut paperwork?

Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

Yet another betrayal of the people of the UK.

Labour made so many promises around the environment, especially behind the scenes to environmental and conservation organisations, and they have all been utter bullshit. Those orgs have had to fight Labour far harder than the Conservatives for change.

Dramatic rise in water-related violence recorded since 2022 Experts say climate crisis, corruption and lack or misuse of infrastructure among factors driving water conflicts

As we witness the horror of attacks on desalination plants, we need to be aware, on a warming planet, conflict over water, using water as a weapon of war, & targeting people seeking water is on the rise

- in the past 4 years, it's nearly doubled:

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30 years old?? How is that even possible?! I still think of Fargo as one of those recent films I missed but will get around to seeing soon.

Former Chief Medical Officer calls out Streeting’s highly politicised ‘trial’ of puberty blockers. Meanwhile @goodlawproject.org have uncovered a spike in trans youth ending their own lives because they can’t access appropriate care. This is a national scandal.

Tehran was already on the brink of running out of water.

Now, even the rain is contaminated.

Re-posting my pinned post in honour of International Women’s Day.

More men should respond to romantic disappointment by building transport infrastructure

Nothing to see here. Just GOP Senator and arch-hawk Lindsey Graham treating, and speaking to, Donald Trump like a six-year-old child to manipulate him into a war of aggression against Iran that Netanyahu and Graham have long wanted. Beyond parody:

The Hill United CEO: Airfare likely to rise as jet fuel prices surge United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned this week that soaring jet fuel prices tied to conflict in the Middle East could soon push airline... . 4 hours ago Aerospace Global News Airfares could rise as Iran conflict drives soaring fuel costs and flight detours Airlines face rising jet fuel prices and costly rerouting around Middle East airspace after US-Israel strikes on Iran, and may raise... . 1 day ago BBC Surge in jet fuel prices could push up air fares, analysts warn Disruption to supplies from the Gulf, in the wake of the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, has pushed the cost of aviation kerosene up by... . 1 day ago Українські Національні Новини (УНН) War with Iran triggered a sharp rise in fuel prices in the US УНН Economy ✎ Gasoline prices in the US rose by 11% due to the conflict with Iran and oil at $90. This creates political risks for... . 15 hours ago Simple Flying Airfare Warning: United CEO Says Ticket Prices Will Rise ‘Quickly’ As Fuel Costs Skyrocket As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, airlines brace for the impact on their pocketbooks, with United CEO warning of rising...

Public service announcement: this is a FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS

Not an 'energy crisis'. People need energy: it keeps them alive. This is a crisis due to forced dependency on the most unreliable and unstable fuel product in human history.

THIS IS A FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS.

Charles the Chaffinch #BirdOfTheDay #photogenic #ECK

Fact. The screwdriver that tightens the arms of spectacles is only available inside Christmas crackers. Opticians have to pull dozens of crackers to get the tools of their trade, and if you look out the back at Specsavers, you’ll find bins full of wire puzzles, hair bobbles and fortune telling fish.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok. Stay calm, everyone is safe.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception.

I wonder if a drone has hit Dubai Marina. Or whether it was just
debris from a successful interception.

If only loads of Dubai based accounts, including Isabel Oakeshott's, could tell me.

Bronze Age man tries move tower block

Morning! Urban Sisyphus

in the store just now and there was a couple looking at those prepped toddler meals and he was saying “everything’s better if you just cook from scratch” and she goes “they don’t look bad and they’d save me so much time” and he just kept repeating “it’s better if you cook”

I did not commit a crime

A demolished pedestrian guard rail alongside the A1300 in South Shields.

A demolished pedestrian guard rail alongside the A1300 in South Shields. Posts completely ripped out of the ground and footway blocked. Bits from a dark blue car with shards of heavily tinted glass scattered across the ground

A demolished pedestrian guard rail alongside the A1300 in South Shields. Posts completely ripped out of the ground and footway blocked. Bits from a dark blue car with shards of heavily tinted glass scattered across the ground

A demolished pedestrian guard rail alongside the A1300 in South Shields. Posts completely ripped out of the ground and footway blocked. Bits from a dark blue car with shards of heavily tinted glass scattered across the ground

Those pedestrian guard rails near me taking one for the team again.
On a straight 40 limit road too..

I still wobble on schedule.