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Mainly about climate change. Rigid heddle weaving posts also welcome as an enjoyable distraction.
Some of the highlights of this morning's press conference on climate change 👇
The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 12h ago"Ignoring extreme heat and raging fires isn't just complacency. It's a dereliction of duty." Experts warn the climate crisis is already costing lives and urgent action from the Government is needed.
But Starmer was never the real problem. It's the Labour Party and their corporate and vested interests. Join the movement who are replacing them and taking on Reform. Join.greenparty.org.uk
It just gets worse. "The UK health department’s top official was a shareholder at a private equity-owned children’s care home business, which imposed sharp fee increases on local authorities." www.ft.com/content/710e...
Top health official held shares in key children’s home operator
Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, had multiple private-sector interests
ft.com
The next massive landslide waiting to happen in Switzerland Half a million cubic metres on the move and expected to collapse sooner rather than later Increased rainfall and thawing permafrost due to global heating are hugely increasing the incidence of such mountain slope failures
Oh you stupid, spray-tanned, marble-mouthed son of a bitch. You gave Iran a 48 hour ultimatum. An ULTIMATUM. To a country that's been digging tunnels and stockpiling missiles since before you were bankrupting casinos in Atlantic City.
Seriously….😳 Question: if we don't now where Netanyahu is and if he's safe, who exactly is the acting President of the United States? 🤔
Surely he knows he's talking nonsense?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoQUINTANILLA: Do we think the Russians have shared intel about US military assets, and if so, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions? WITKOFF: I can tell you that on the call with POTUS, the Russians said they have not been sharing. That's what they said. We can take them at their word.
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
I don’t think Starmer understands Labour voters at all. We didn’t want a government that adopts Reform style rhetoric and policies on immigration, doesn’t tax the rich & cosies up to Trump. That’s without the McSweeney effect and the Mandelson debacle. Attacking the Greens makes him look desperate.
To everyone who thinks that Farage is a good thing Putting a cross next to Reform in 2029 will facilitate the arrival of a truly fascist state Be very, very, careful what you wish for www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say
Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search
theguardian.com
👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
🚨BREAKING NEWS! Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors. The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk. Read more here: healthforxr.com
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are
bbc.co.uk
I'm feeling more cynical about politics than ever before in my life. I now see both major parties as corrupt, plus Reform obviously. Don't know about Lib Dems, and am currently still hopeful of the Green Party. How do others feel?
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.
How well can we quantify when 1.5 °C of global warming has been exceeded?
Abstract. Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed to limit the long-term increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to keep temperatures below 1.5 °C relative to p...
essd.copernicus.org
The composer, Heidi Wilson, has made this song available for free on her Patreon: www.patreon.com/heidiwilson
Get more from Heidi Wilson on Patreon
creating songs for re-membering
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Patrick Brannigan@patrickjmb.bsky.social · 6mo agoOrmeau Community Choir singing Heidi Wilson's "Hold On" under the direction of Una McCann, The Commons, #Belfast Solidarity with and love to #Minneapolis #Bluesky #SpéirGhorm
“All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dem[ocrat]s to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump—3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.”
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
We do know how to manage in this weather, but this is super fucking cold even for us. It’s very much not just another winter day. This is the type of cold that makes your eyes hurt. To protest in this cold is a testament to our anger.
I just signed this petition calling on Prince William to end the rent on Dartmoor Prison while it remains empty and unsafe and save millions in public money. It only takes a few seconds - please add your name. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Prince William: Stop charging taxpayers for an empty prison
Dartmoor Prison has been empty for over 18 months after toxic gas made it unsafe. Yet, with no prisoners inside, taxpayers are still forking out around £4 million every year in rent to Prince William’...
you.38degrees.org.uk
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
The latest report from the Institute of Actuaries has just been published. The report highlights climate sensitivity and geoengineering following a warning that “catastrophic warming levels of above 2°C by 2050 are likely.” #climatechange #risk #actuaries #finance #economy #planetaryboundaries
Suggested EU response: - US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory - Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases - This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight 1/5
