Libby Sands

Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change Planet Earth is living on borrowed time, a new global report reveals. The world must stop burning fossil fuels now and take urgent steps to reduce global warming.

"Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change."

"If we treated climate data as we do financial reports, panic would ensue after each dire update."

The time to act is now. 🌎

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Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Meanwhile in Gaza a ’technical error’ leads to the death of children who were fetching water. I feel complete despair.

RHS ambassador for communities quits, saying he was made to feel a ‘nuisance’ Tayshan Hayden-Smith says Chelsea flower show celebrates ‘exclusivity over equity’ and he was naive to think he could bring change

A thought provoking read. I am disappointed the RHS don’t open up to local people, particularly given the social and economic disparities in the local area. A free local’s pass is surely not too much to ask?

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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds

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Thank you 🫂@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social 👏
Never have I been made to feel so ashamed by a Labour Prime Minister.
(He says he’s Labour, but I can’t think of any Labour values he upholds, but perhaps I haven’t been concentrating )

Hear hear. She kept such a calm, professional manner. A masterclass. Mr Gorka is an ignorant bully whose true colours were well and truly shown in the interview.

10. All this is supposed to promote economic growth, which appears to be Labour’s sole remaining principle. Trashing the living world to stimulate growth is like sacrificing virgins to secure a good harvest: it’s cruel, ignorant and ineffective. If anything, it will have the opposite effect.

Oh dear shouty capitals, I think we’ll leave it there.

Why does the term ‘winning’ have any relevance to this judgement? It is very sad that society has been reduced to thinking in terms of winners and losers. Humanity needs to be better than that. Oh and, for what it’s worth, I totally support the concept of women only spaces .

Absolutely agree, deeply offensive image. No need for this at all. There are no winners in this judgement. JK, however, may well have just lost a lot of support with this crass post.

Thanks and done.

My heart just sinks… FFS.

A Climate of Truth is out today in paper, audio and digital versions. You can buy it from bookshops or online from a choice of good and less good companies. Please choose a good one if you can.

On Sunday @tonydartmoor.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and I responded to a tip-off from a wild camper of burns high on Dartmoor - suspected on deep peat.

We're still waiting to hear back from @naturalengland.bsky.social - was permission given, or was this an illegal burn of a blanket bog?

'Something absolutely heinous has happened.'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social thinks it's 'beyond belief' that White House officials will likely get away with the 'most egregious national security breach' because Trump has 'created an ecosystem in which nothing matters.'

Well said. Nailed it! Thank you.

"Official reject the idea" of a 2% wealth tax, by... pointing to what people pay in income tax.

A tax on wealth is not the same as a tax on income, FFS!

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America Chose the Monster We all make mistakes.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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An example of creeping privatisation, doctor’s surgeries always used to do this but no longer.

“Humanity has become an anti-ecosystem, anti-life entity. This means that, unlike other species, including parasites, modern humans are of zero use to Earth at this point. Our only chance of remaining in existence is if we end our war with the planet and make ourselves useful to the ecosystem again”

No words…

Gender equality doesn’t just 'happen.'

Women’s rights must be fought for and protected.

Our responsibility is clear.

To lead by example and create a world where opportunities are fair for all.

Not just today, but every single day.

#InternationalWomensDay

Remember this!

Women don’t wait for change, we make it. We’ve broken barriers, made history, and fought for justice every step of the way. Today, we honor the women who came before us and keep pushing for those who will come after. The fight isn’t over. Let’s get to work.

Mural featuring a woman in blue hijab standing holding a keyboard to her chest while a row of ominous looking men with guns in black stand in a row behind her

" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay

‘Desperate’ son of jailed activist Jimmy Lai seeks meeting with Keir Starmer Hong Kong journalist is 77, and worries about his health are mounting as his trial nears its end The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has called for an urgent meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, saying he was “desperate” as his…

‘Desperate’ son of jailed activist Jimmy Lai seeks meeting with Keir Starmer

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (7 March 2025)

The consequences of the US stopping intelligence sharing with Ukraine, as one Russian newspaper sees them: “Now we have a higher chance of finding the enemy’s weak spot and striking when they’re not expecting it.” #ReadingRussiahttps

Why indeed. He is at best a narcissist, loves having power and doesn’t care what damage his abuse of this power causes.

Yep. The US administration say they want peace in Ukraine, that they will stop the war; yet I hear not one word of condemnation from them when Russia blatantly escalate their attacks. Remind me again who is the aggressor here?

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯