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I have donated, let's hope other good people do too

12.08.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I donated earlier and hope more good people do. It is so unfair that you all suffer. I donate to a number of Gazan families and try to help, I pray for an end to this and protest here in the UK πŸ’š

12.08.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to have them on your house Ian. Nearby in Kirkcudbright I had evening flocks of 50 house martins, 50 swallows and 60 swifts 3 nights ago. Still 50 swifts, some still in nests around. 44 nests this year in town. Apparently most south England swifts have left now

12.08.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree,but Lionel is a woman

26.07.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ridiculous prejudice. I am a camper van person who lives and holidays in Scotland. I have never dumped waste or fly tipped or parked in silly places. I have put out fires sorted by weekend tenters. I stay on sites for 1-2 nights a week and enjoy a beer, the odd meal, coffees etc.. locally

21.07.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poems from the children of Gaza (2) "And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"

Poems from the children of Gaza.

"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"

What a line. πŸ’”

21.07.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Musicians Are Dragging Spotify’s CEO For Funding A Military AI Company Daniel Ek's $113 million investment in Helsing AI has drawn ire from some artists, who criticize the streaming platform for underpaying musicians.

Ditched Spotify for Tidal.

I should have left over their treatment of artists, refusal to pay them a living rate but having plenty of cash for Joe Rogan to push far-right extremists and COVID denial, but I was lazy.

The final straw was their CEO funding military AI.

www.vice.com/en/article/m...

10.07.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Philip, I will read this. I think the sentience of higher animals has to be taken into account too

18.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I tend to agree in this instance. What about the killing of Pilot whales by the Faroese?

17.07.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful and so tragic

16.07.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no. That fire in Dagenham is Beam Parklands Country Park. It is exactly the same place where 14 homes were burned down a few years ago from a grass fire started by kids. I was there and told the Police but they weren't interested. Probably the same kids, multiple fire sources last time

15.07.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A few years ago I had a prolonged communication with a National Highways Ecologist. I pointed out that all this tree planting was not beneficial and much more area should be left open and not to topsoil banks. He was quite deaf, the number of trees seemed to be more important!

05.07.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course, you are right. But they are starving now, but can buy some food which is extremely expensive.

05.07.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have just donated, these families are starving πŸ™

05.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's enraging to read this. Where were the voices of Labour, Liberal Democrats and especially the Greens to give voice to the persecuted wildlife? Shame....

04.07.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Barclays Divest from Elbit Systems After Palestine Action's Direct Action Campaign Images available are free to use, with relevant credit After a year-long campaign against its premises by Palestine Action and local community groups, Barclays PLC has sold all of its […]

This is the kind of success story that Yvette Cooper is so terrified you might read, she’s going to try and make sure it vanishes and that publishing anything similar would be illegal palestineaction.org/barclays-div...

30.06.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Thanks for this info. I had read about this before. 'Chuffed' is a much more rel8able site. I must say I have donated to many GoFundMe projects and people in Palestine and not had a problem or been refunded.

28.06.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be a catastrophe loss for the wildlife and people of America. I have visited many of these areas in the South West and they are wild and often quite pristine areas of semi-wilderness

18.06.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s Corruption Machine, Israeli Settlers, and the Rise of Reform UK Podcast Episode Β· The Rest Is Politics Β· 06/05/2025 Β· 1h 4m

This corruption is just the tip of the iceberg. Please listen to this podcast

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

11.05.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Israel will occupy Gaza and stay there indefinitely.'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social 'cannot see Netanyahu's plan to clear Gaza failing' because there is 'no international resistance to what they're doing.'

06.05.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Hear, hear, it's appalling, as is all their abuse of animals

26.04.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They did learn, they learnt of their slaughter of the Jews etc... but they now feel so guilty that they support Israel, come what may. Thus they find it hard to see Israel as the oppressor. Their guilt has blinded them

15.04.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ones in Dagenham in 2022 which spread from Beam Parklands Country Park and burnt down 14 homes were also lit by vandals. The police or fire brigade did not investigate. I found the sources and told them, not interested.

15.04.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stop the government’s plan threatening nature Did you know big business could soon be allowed to wreck the environment and destroy nature? The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could mean damaging projects get the green light so long as develo...

For convenience, see; foe.uk/v9oem

13.04.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Read and weep.

14.04.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry if I took it the wrong way. It's an easy option to bracket people who choose to live in a different way as hypocritical and even 'fascist hippies' when most of them are great people.

12.04.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am not saying it doesn't exist, of course it does but to put a huge range of people and views into one category and call them 'right wing' or fascist is ridiculous, untrue and prejudiced. Some more air-headed people are prone to believe nonsense and are more easily manipulated.

11.04.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am not saying it doesn't exist, of course it does but to put a huge range of people and views into one category and call them 'right wing' or fascist is ridiculous, untrue and prejudiced. Some more air-headed people are prone to believe nonsense and are more easily manipulated.

11.04.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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