Helen H@Bluesomeh

They do not - and never did - pose the same threat as Reform, which is much more existential and sinister. But maybe you are ok with fascism.

You need to give the important context - that he is talking about the threat posed by Reform. I have to say, much as I hate the Tories, I agree. At least we were never on the brink of fascism.

1. I hate to see good people wasting their time and energy. And there’s perhaps no greater waste of time and energy than seeking to change the trajectory of the human population. It’s not just futile, but also a massive distraction from things we CAN change. This thread seeks to explain why. 🧵1/12

Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing

Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill

3 more Reform/Brexit Party MEPs have been named as 'following the same script' provided by Russia to the jailed Nathan Gill.

Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolf are all named in Crown Prosecution Service Documents, as among 8 Ukip/Brexit party MEPs which Gill targeted to fulfil tasks.

Oh sorry. Then I am also vintage. missed something along the way there...

Well you must be well over 100 years old if you were around when Adelstrop was written. So, yes 😄

I'm not actually of that vintage either (or I would actually be antique)

Don't where the ok slipped in

Yes, I remember Adelstrop -
The name. Because one afternoon of heat
The express train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was ok late June...

👏

Great piece from Ian. You won’t get attacked by Nazis here, but there’s a good chance you might be trampled to death by a High Horse. Yet for all that it’s still a place and people I call my own.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.

The public have a right to know.

Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.

#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025

Will the government back the call for a televised #ClimateEmergency briefing, as called for by @nebriefing.bsky.social?

In the context of #COP30, I ask the question

Minister's answer:
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...

OTD in 1994 Russia signed the Budapest memo, guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity in exchange for their nukes, 44 Ukrainian Tu-22 heavy bombers and 1,068 Kh-55 cruise missiles.

Which have been fired at Ukraine in this war.

Text from the Whitehouse strategy paper reads "American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism."

HT @shashj.bsky.social - make no mistake, Reform UK, AfD, Front National and other ethnonationalist parties are being supported and encouraged by Trump's administration. They don't want a united, peaceful Europe. They want us atomised and beholden to the US

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it

An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?

Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡

Farm runoff linked to uranium in groundwater Investigate the troubling link between farm runoff and water contamination as it affects aquifers across America's heartland.

🧪 NEW STUDY with oh-no findings:

Nitrates from farm run-off (manure, synthetic fertilizers) are altered by soil microbes in ways that make them more chemically reactive and able to mobilize naturally occurring uranium out of rock and…into drinking water aquifers. 😳

www.earth.com/video/farm-r...

We shouldn't be allowing developers chasing lucrative Contracts for Difference subsidies to dictate energy development affecting vast areas of the country.

It is essential that the government invests in infrastructure, while also providing urgent strategic direction for renewables and storage. Current policy is enabling Solar/BESS developers to grab every available connection regardless of need or environmental impact.

A fake dictionary entry for the made up word "lampghost" which reads: lampghost /lămp’gōst”/ noun 1. The tattered remains of a St. George’s cross flag which haunts the lamppost where it died. 2. A patriotic polyester revenant imported from China.

How did we end up with a media ecosystem that constantly echoes misleading & scientifically unfounded political 'false-choice' framing between climate action and economic security, from industry talking points? Any ecological economists out there who can talk to me about this on Thursday morning?

My interview with Andrew Tate & Laurence Fox

In depth explanation of why the criminal justice system is just one step off collapsing. Blow your mind if you didn't know

When the did the greens stop being green and become socialist workers. What happened to environmentalists seeking a cleaner sustainable country not a dogmatic state run command economy