Rupert Rivett

Yes the teachers are using it to teach the kids

UK awards 189 revenue-guarantee contracts for wind and solar projects Move forms part of government target to decarbonise power system by 2030

UK govt awards major new round of contracts to onshore wind and solar, all at prices below current market wholesale price

Together they'll supply about 3% of current British power when built

All of which reduces gas imports, of course

www.ft.com/content/930e...

Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and our livestock and pets.

We're currently in the age of the Anthropocene, and the impact the dominance of humans is having on the world around is very clear.

Has anybody even wondered if the growing human population might be the problem

Has anybody thought that the problem is that there are too many humans

Climate action must include girls’ rights, equity, and choice.

7 out of 10 households' water is collected by women. The climate crisis makes water scarcer, meaning girls walk further, missing out on education.

This deepens poverty leaving people less able to realise their ideal family size.

Wild salmon are disappearing from Canada’s rivers.

The Respectful Returns initiative has restored more than 65,000 hectares of land and waterways to protect salmon & their habitats.

Find out more about this #GenerationRestoration effort:
https://ow.ly/U58I50XN6v4

Horrifying scenes: The scale of destruction inflicted by the Israeli army in Abasan al-Kabira, south of the Gaza Strip.

(Gaza Notifications)

B'Tselem and Amnesty warn Gaza genocide is not over B'Tselem reported that genocide in Gaza is not over even 75 days into the ceasefire — is the world inured to Palestinian suffering?

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and Amnesty warn Gaza genocide is not over...

BREAKING: hunger strikers launch legal action against Lammy The hunger strikers' health continues to deteriorate, such that the risk of their dying increases every day. So where is Lammy?

The six hunger strikers have launched legal action against ‘justice’ secretary, with a ‘letter before action’ for a formal judicial review of the government’s treatment of the ‘Filton 24’ protesters jailed for more than 18 months without trial

100s of pro-Palestine
activists presented themselves @ Westfield
Stratford Shopping Centre, London on Boxing Day to protest against the Gaza genocide & to call on the Likud Labour UK Govt to release the "Filton 24", who are currently on hunger strike.
#WestfieldStratford
#StopGazaGenocide

A Christmas Letter to you all Taking stock of the year as Christmas arrives, and wondering how we might make the next one better.

A very Merry Christmas to all.
Hope you have a great day.
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Merry Christmas everyone- I hope you have a lovely Christmas 👍

268 - Paul Sng

Like photography or film making?
You might like this👇

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Former chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI Osborne said it was a privilege to become managing director of OpenAI for Countries based in London.

Former UK chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI

Lucrative appointments for failed ministers.

They aren't hired for technical know-how but to exploit political links acquired with public money. What is the return to taxpayers for that investment?

Remember former PM Cameron lobbying for Greensill.

Second Horizon victim Janet Skinner 'forced' to sue Post Office as she seeks full redress for wrongful conviction Barring a "sea change", a solicitor for Post Office victims said more people will sue the government-owned company.

Second Horizon victim Janet Skinner 'forced' to sue Post Office as she seeks full redress for wrongful conviction.

Mother of two falsely convicted, had to sell home, given 9 months custodial sentence in 2007, offered 15% compensation of her claim.

No one charged for false convictions.

Fujitsu chief to face MPs grilling over Post Office compensation Paul Patterson will appear before the business and trade select committee on 6 January amid mounting pressure on Fujitsu to make a sizeable contribution to the Horizon scandal compensation bill, Sky N...

Fujitsu boss to face grilling from MPs over the Post Office Horizon compensation.

Public purse footing the bill.

Fujitsu and its execs, PO execs, lawyers, accountants benefitted from false prosecutions, haven't paid anything.

No one charged for the scam which destroyed lives of innocent people.

Government invests £120m to save UK’s last ethylene plant Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs

Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.

Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?

Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.

POST is a much-needed creative hub in a city where artists are being priced and forced out.

We’ve secured a 3,000 sq/ft industrial unit. Now we need your help to build it —from studio walls to community kitchen.

We’re offering limited-edition prints, founding memberships, portfolio reviews & more.

What the hell is going on with Britain's spy flights above Gaza?

I spoke to Phil Miller of @declassifieduk.org following their explosive new documentary on the topic.

Opinion | I was there when ‘Napalm Girl’ was photographed. This is what I saw. “The Stringer” does nothing to shake my strong belief that Nick Ut captured the famous image.

I was there when ‘Napalm Girl’ was photographed. This is what I saw.
“The Stringer” does nothing to shake my strong belief that Nick Ut captured the famous image. 📸by David Burnett 👇
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The Stringer: A Documentary That Can’t Remember Its Own Story How can a documentary that begins with a contradiction be trusted?

The Stringer: A Documentary That Can’t Remember Its Own Story by Andre Liohn

medium.com/p/the-string...

I’d prefer summer pictures🥶

But was the issue of population growth addressed. The people talking just seemed to want to tinker around the edges

YouTube video by Just Have a Think This is not the video I had planned to make.

One of my favourite YouTube channels, but more importantly here’s a video you must watch👇

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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111 - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

Funny really I look back on these times and think how terrible are leaders were, little did I know they would get much much worse

I blame Keir

Must check in on my negatives soon to see if they’ve gone mouldy