Rosalind Readhead

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

Last year we were flooded. This year we are in drought The effect of man-made climate related extreme weather in your local community / environment. This is not normal or even the new normal…things only will get worse the more we pump out greenhouse emissions into our atmosphere

Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government

Govt's £100bn price for nationalising England water is bogus

£100bn calculated by OFWAT: Value at privatisation X annual rate of inflation + investment; repeated each year. The answer does not represent any value.

On this basis a car bought for £10k in 1989 would have £50k value.

Utter nonsense

Way too many people in media are more worried about being perceived as biased against corporations than being biased in their favor.

Shellfish industry faces silent threat from ocean acidification Ocean acidification has now surpassed the “safe operating space” for our planet’s marine systems, according to a recent study published in Global Change

Posted below that story is another story by the same author, published a few days ago. I decided to look at some of the quotes in that story. All of them are plagiarized from somewhere else; some are more than 8 years old.

Not good. Even non-journalists need to have some standards.

Charity in legal action against minister for failing to act over Thames Water River Action says failure to publish and put into practice policy on nationalisation of failing water firms is unlawful

River Action in legal action against UK Minister for failing to act over Thames Water, taking it into temporary nationalisation as required by law.

Failure of govt transparency and accountability. What is govt policy?

TW has more than 187 criminal convictions, fleeces customers.

USAID Cuts Leave West Bank Water Supply High and Dry The now-dissolved USAID was a major funder of water projects in the West Bank, where Palestinians continue to suffer desperate water shortages.

Water shortages are contributing to the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967.

Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public. Hundreds of documents show how researchers failed to notify officials in California about a test of technology to block the sun’s rays — while they planned a much huger sequel.

EXCLUSIVE: A team of researchers in California drew notoriety last year with an aborted test of a cloud-making machine.  

But behind the scenes, they were planning a larger and potentially riskier study of tech that could dim the sun's rays, internal documents show. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social

Nothing like this in #Oxford but it brags about being a cycling city?

UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staff

Gambling industry lobbyists meet UK ministers; host darts night with advisers, MPs’ staff to head off tax rises.

Gambling harms mental health, families; one person a day dies by suicide linked to addiction.

Companies don't bear social cost of their trade.

What can poor do to meet power brokers?

A post on X by Kyle Langford, with a composite photo showing him standing outside the gates of Auschwitz, and the caption: "My zero unemployment plan", with an emoji of factory chimneys.

I know there's a risk of amplifying the fascist horror show, but I think we need to be aware of just how far things are going, especially as this man is a Republican candidate for governor of California. All the old safeguards are being deliberately torn down, and the unspeakable normalised.

Turkey sets new record of 50.5 degrees as Europe swelters – DW – 07/27/2025 Turkey is hit by a record high temperature of 50.5 degrees as southeastern Europe reels under a heat wave and battles wildfires.

Turkey sets new record of 50.5 degrees as Europe swelters

Temperatures up to 12°C higher than seasonal averages, country's meteorological service said

www.dw.com/en/turkey-se...

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations in Britain came from just 19 people.

Cap political donations. Now

31,000 people have signed 38 Degrees’ petition!!

Do add your name and share widely. Thanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

This is a pretty alarming new study out today (doi.org/10.1126/scia... - read the abstract) and here are some great visuals and highlights from it by @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/wate...

"Since 2002, 75% of the population lives in 101 countries that have been losing freshwater water"

Guardian headline: Rachel Reeves mulls stepping in to save car loan providers billions Chancellor could overrule supreme court if it upholds entirety of ruling over commission paid to brokers

If this happens, it will be a massive betrayal by Labour.

To retroactively change the law to let companies get away with wrongdoing sets a terrible precedent, not least because since it's retroactive there's no way to guard against it.

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

Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.

poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...

Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.

"The uncanny thing about these models isn’t just their speed but the way they imitate human interiority without embodying any of its values. That may be, from the humanist’s perspective, the most pernicious thing about A.I." nytimes.com/2025/07/18/opinion/ai-chatgpt-school.html

On the record i want it on the record that i hold all organisations like the BBC or other media, social media, Universities, Colleges, Charities, corporations, businesses, influencers and Government pushing ‘’gr…

I want it on the record that i hold all organisations; media, social media Universities Charities businesses influencers Government pushing ‘’grooming’’ ‘manipulative’ chatbots at children, young people, students, NHS patients and other vulnerable people accountable
resistai.blog/2025/07/24/o...

Coastal First Nations in B.C. issue open letter to Carney opposing suggested northern pipeline | CBC News Coastal First Nations in British Columbia have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, asking him to reject any new proposal for a crude oil pipeline to the northwest coast.

👀 "Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, said that there is no pipeline or oil tanker project that would be acceptable to their group, and any proposal to send crude oil through their coastal waters is a "non-starter."

Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

CNN headline that reads, "This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why."

It’s all the damn fossil fuels!

One of the most significant heat waves of the summer continues to build across the eastern half of the U.S.

Heat alerts are in place for just shy of 100 million people in two dozen states. wapo.st/3IJGqHy

Volkswagen participated in one of the world’s first grand experiments in globalization half a century ago, partnering with Brazil’s authoritarian regime to develop the Amazon — and pressing poor, unwitting workers into service in the distant rainforest. wapo.st/3GQLucu

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.

Progress in reducing emissions - 2025 report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 36 (1) of the Climate Change Act 2008. This report was laid…

ICYMI: "Aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk."

...said the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in their 2025 progress report
www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy We could nationalise water for £20 – here’s how

We could nationalise water for £20 – here’s how youtu.be/tnqPZNNx_rY?... English water companies are financially broken. So why is Labour ruling out nationalisation? They say it would cost too much. That's wrong. It could cost less than a round of drinks.

Vance and his family are expected to be met with a wide variety of demonstrators during their luxury vacation to the Cotswolds.

“JD Vance is every bit as unwelcome in the UK as Donald Trump.” https://trib.al/eoZNudn

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK Living Standards Review 2025 - NIESR While some enjoy living standards comparable to the most prosperous regions of Europe, the poorest in the UK are now poorer than Slovenia and Malta.

The poorest households in Slovenia and Malta are better off than the poorest in the UK.

UK has some of the least generous welfare across the OECD

Yet govts still push failed trickle-down policies, real cuts to wages and benefits, unchecked profiteering, oppose higher taxes on the rich.

"We basically have 3 choices: mitigation, adaptation & suffering... The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required & the less suffering there will be" - Prof. John Holdren

Why are we letting our leaders choose suffering?!!