Alan Matthews #ClimateCrisis #FBPE
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Retired IT person that now dabbles in Linux and a website for our #Ramblers group Also leads walks. Supports local #Ealing #Wildlife group with #beavers #Christian🕊️ #ClimateEmergency #FBPE #IAmEuropean #autism end of empire history #Foodbank #Ukraine #NHS
It’s expected to cause a crater 90ft across and 16 ft deep Let’s think up an appropriate name. news.sky.com/story/spacex...
SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the moon - here's what we know will happen
Space-tracking expert Bill Gray predicts an impact speed of 5,400mph - seven times the speed of sound - near Einstein Crater on the moon's sunlit western limb when it hits.
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It’s sickening to see how cynical certain groups are, weaponising the wildfires. MA here sharing climate denier Viscount / Lord / Baronet Matt “King Coal” Ridley’s nonsense article blaming rewilding. (Not forgetting Ridley crashed Northern Rock, costing taxpayer £2 billion) Ridley quotes: (1/n)
Moorland Association@moorlandassoc.bsky.social · 2d ago“The authorities are obsessed with rewilding & restricting all commonsense measures for reducing fuel loads.” - Andrew Gilruth, MA CEO. A must-read by Matt Ridley in @thespectator1828.bsky.social / @dailymail.co.uk on why ignoring traditional moorland management is worsening our wildfire crisis.
Next time Dementia Don has a cognitive test, maybe don’t check if he can remember a handful of animals. Let’s see if he can remember how many times he’s threatened Iran with annihilation if they don’t open the Strait of Hormuz? To be fair, we're not sure even pre-dementia he could count that high.
Might be helpful to read today's column in conjunction with this one, from January, as they point to the same root cause: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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NEWS! Fairy-tale ending as plucky underdogs BP oil double their profits newsthump.com/2026/08/05/f...
Fairy-tale ending as plucky underdogs BP oil double their profits
A heart-warming story has gripped the nation today, after plucky underdogs BP oil announced they’d more than doubled their profits.
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NEWS! Donald Trump qualifies for US Ryder Cup team with round of 18 at Club Championship newsthump.com/2026/08/05/d...
Donald Trump qualifies for US Ryder Cup team with round of 18 at Club Championship
Donald Trump has dramatically qualified for the US Ryder Cup team after shooting an amazing round of 18 at the Club Championship.
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The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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The bizarre and disturbing thing is that Joshua Bonehill-Paine is one of the few figures on the right to be loudly and clearly called out for anti-semitism. Is that because it doesn't happen much on the right? You have to be kidding. So why the double standards? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right?
There is legitimate scrutiny of antisemitism on the left, but at the same time, rightwing media outlets offend with impunity. That makes no sense, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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NEWS! SpaceX rocket crashed into Moon after being equipped with Tesla's Full Self Driving mode newsthump.com/2026/08/05/s...
SpaceX rocket crashed into Moon after being equipped with Tesla’s Full Self Driving mode
SpaceX has confirmed that the Falcon 9 upper stage, which smashed into the Moon today, had recently been fitted with Tesla’s latest Full Self Driving software, describing the collision as …
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A funerary complex, in use between the Late Period and the end of the Roman Period, has been uncovered in the eastern Nile Delta at Tell El-Deir, Damietta, Egypt. 📷SCA Egypt english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...
One picture is what Israel did to Gaza, the other of what Nazis did to Warsaw.
@doctorow.pluralistic.net on what responsible AI deployment would look like: "An automation tool that requires the continuous and conscientious exercise of discernment will let individual practitioners improve their work in extremely satisfying and useful ways."
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Thanks to initiatives like ULEZ, deaths linked to toxic air in London have fallen by 40% between 2019 and 2024. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toxic air death estimates in London drop by 40%, study suggests
A new study suggests estimated deaths linked to toxic air in London fell by about 40% in five years.
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Let's all support the brave protesters in Georgia who are fighting the pro-Russian government in Tblisi 24/7 and want to join the #EU because they are Europeans and detest Putin and his oligarchs! You can find them by following the hashtag #GeorgiaProtests. Picture: @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social
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Durotriges Dig@durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 24h ago⚠️ Want to see more Durotriges Big Dig Iron Age #archaeology? ⚠️ Of course you do !! Catch *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders* with @rakshadigs.bsky.social and us on Channel 4 this Saturday 8 August 7pm 👍 Salamanda Media Bournemouth University 👇👇👇👇
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss The software group Palantir paid just £2m in corporation tax in the UK in 2024, despite holding public sector contracts worth hundreds of millions, thanks to tax breaks that are likely to reduce its contributions to governments around the world for years to come. The US-headquartered company, which has harnessed AI to secure lucrative work for the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, is growing exponentially. Continue reading...
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On top of operating costs private healthcare companies pay huge salaries to CEOs & directors siphoning off massive profits to shareholders But Farage & Lowe want us believe having £billions less money to play with enables private healthcare providers to give a better more caring service Idiocy!
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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BP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
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Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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On the day of the shooting not only were there several responses about how to use the gun, but also the shooter than followed through asking “What time is it busiest in the FSU student union,”
Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · yesterdayMy new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵
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Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 19h agoJUST IN: Trump signals plan to reframe his suit against BBC. Likely to narrow Trump's claim to take out ref to damage to his businesses/brand. Needs judge's OK, but may limit BBC access to his financial data Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2
