Mark Purvis

It seems this Government is determined to miss just about every opportunity to actually make life better for the country.

In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @thatwriterguy@mastodon.social

How do we, as a society, let companies get away with this behaviour?

Quisling

The Panorama edit was poor journalism, not sure how it happened (more than 15 yo when I worked there we all had to go on a course because someone made the Queen look grumpy about something in the wrong order). But of all of it, this is the only piece I’ve read that properly nails the issue…

Casper (ghost) octopus observed at 4,000 m depth — delicate and unseen, a rare form of life in the deep ocean that could be lost if deep-sea mining begins. Image: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (2016).

4,000 m below the surface lives the Casper octopus — fragile, unseen, irreplaceable.

Machines are being built to mine its world.

Protect the unseen ocean before it’s too late.

World View article in Nature:
🔗 rdcu.be/eIQyN
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#DeepSea #OceanImpact #30x30

Ukrainian river restoration project during wartime wins major award The Bilyi River after the removal of an obsolete dam. Image: Danube-Carpathian Programme Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought death and destruction not only to towns and cities, but als…

Even in these most challenging times river restoration in Ukraine is ongoing: freshwaterblog.net/2025/11/04/u...

Solar farms can bloom with life, not just energy » Yale Climate Connections By planting wildflowers instead of grass, developers are creating habitat for bees, butterflies, and birds.

Monarchs need milkweed. Bees need flowers. Solar fields can provide both – while generating renewable power. 🌞🦋🐝

Petition signed - it is so important that government does all it can to support farmers trying to achieve positive outcomes for the environment

Our Comms Director, Tessa, and Eva from @beavertrust.bsky.social met the Senior Special Advisor for the Policy Unit at No.10.

We’re asking Government to help #farmers undertake essential work required to help our #rivers heal.

Will you? 🙏 Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.

Good hat!

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

This is for Trump.
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

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Polluting waterways is a crime. However, it is a remarkable state of affairs that it is a crime that is overlooked when the people doing so are water company executives earning millions in annual salaries (paid for by the public). And it is government policy to turn a blind eye.

The Conservative Party cannot be considered a responsible party of government again until and unless Ms Lam is forced to drop her Idi Amin migration proposal and apologise to those it threatens, or has the whip removed. It is as simple as that.

Cutteslowe Greenhouse | Restore, Support, Engage Today Join us in restoring and revitalizing Cutteslowe Greenhouse, a community space for nature, food, and connection. Support our mission through volunteering and donations.

Inspiring things happening in Cutteslowe, north Oxford: "restore and reopen Cutteslowe’s historic greenhouses to create a thriving community space where people connect with nature, food, and each other."
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org

This is so wrong. Ministers should protect the public interest, not a handful of creditors clinging on to their bad investments

@ofwat.bsky.social and the government must prioritise households and the environment, cut Thames Water's debt in half right now with Special Administration

Back on the #southwestcoastpath #devonandcornwall

£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was built

By 2050, the UK is predicted to be short an estimated 4-5 billion litres of water a day. Clearly, Thames Water's desalination plant hasn't proven an efficient way of making us water secure. But which approaches might work?

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1/10

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.

The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.

Excellent

Dry summers, dirty water: the river Cam’s slow collapse The river Cam faces crisis from sewage pollution, over-abstraction, and inaction – locals fight to save its wildlife and natural flow

The River Cam should flow with pure chalk spring water. Instead, it runs on sewage outflows laced with phosphorus, and it's killing life in the river. Read the full story for this week's #BigRiverWatch ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Meanwhile they chose to defer upgrading sewage works which they promised Ofwat would be upgraded by 2025. Result: more winters of shit in our rivers.

It isn't just Ofwat that has been captured by the water industry. The Environment Agency needs a complete reset and leadership that is not in thrall to the industry.

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

EXCLUSIVE: England’s farms are being fertilised with a cocktail of toxic landfill juice + sewage sludge.

750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In Defense of Dry Flies No one ever said the process of fly fishing would be simple, easy or move in a straight line…

Great article about using strike indicators, or ditching them altogether.

#dryflies #flyfishing

Plump scarlet haws

A mass of golden green acorns on an oak branch

A crab apple bush packed with light green fruit

Vivid blue sloes on a blackthorn bush

Glorious abundance in the Cotswold hedgerow. Haws, sloes, acorns and crab apples aplenty

Plump scarlet haws

A mass of golden green acorns on an oak branch

A crab apple bush packed with light green fruit

Vivid blue sloes on a blackthorn bush

Glorious abundance in the Cotswold hedgerow. Haws, sloes, acorns and crab apples aplenty