Cathy Green (she/they) 🏳️🌈💜🏳️⚧️
@cathygreen67.bsky.social
Born at 322.18 ppm. (January 2025 - 426.03 ppm June 2026 - 430 ppm for first time in a million years!!) Gen X cis lesbian w trans loved ones. Advocate for those fighting for their rights, esp children. Pls use alt text on images. Writer Reader Dancer
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
bbc.co.uk
Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social! You have finally shamed @andyburnham.bsky.social into holding a COBRA meeting about the climate change leading to the drought and fifth heatwave this summer.
UK weather live: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting as Britain braces for 33C heat
Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools
independent.co.uk
Martin Freeman: Seems Legit
ALT: Martin Freeman: Seems Legit
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 24h agoTrump lies out his ass: Q: Why was it too dangerous for you to fly on Air Force One but not for the press? TRUMP: Well, I don't know, I think actually the plane I that I flew on was at greater risk Q: Why do you say that? TRUMP: Because that would be the plane they would be more likely to go for
The misogyny and homophobia directed at Bev Craig throughout her campaign was awful. We posted a positive message of congratulations, which also drew some cynicism. We understand, but decided to delete, as we’d tagged her and didn’t feel it fair to add to the negativity, on her night of celebration
Those who believe things like this are working hard at not understanding the finite options available to someone whose abuser has not been prosecuted, found guilty, etc. by the law. And how rarely those things happen to abusers, esp. high-status white male abusers.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
on the a "financially and politically incestuous set of relationships" around Nigel Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
theguardian.com
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
theguardian.com
I wish I could properly attribute this, but I heard someone say in an interview something like, 'pay attention to the new technologies that techbros develop, and you'll see how they're just trying to create a mom they control' And we know how these dudes pick "partners" so...
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2w agoAI IS BASICALLY A SEX WORKER might be the hook for my new class…
The line “Consumer-facing AI is basically a sex worker” is gonna stick with me for a while.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2w agoI realize these are all things that sex workers have told us and could tell us better. Consumer-facing AI is basically a sex worker so of course it’s personalizing various iterations of financial domination for men because that’s what they want.
The Daily Express' headline compared with what the "bombshell poll" they're reporting actually found
Says the man who has so far ignored trans people’s representations about a deeply transphobic policy he is implementing this week.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
BREAKING: Labour's Bev Craig wins the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election, defeating Reform by a landslide after the second round LAB: Bev Craig: 309,525 (66%) REF: Sian Astley: 157,178 (33%)
1. Amnesty International has withstood threats from death squads and dictators. But it could not stand up to JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement she finances. It has apologized for calling those groups "anti-rights" after legal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling, Issues Apology For Calling Anti-Trans Groups "Anti-Rights"
The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much.
erininthemorning.com
Oh joy... The Manchester mayoral by-election is a tie between candidates from Labour and Reform, now going to second choice votes. And voter turnout was something like 25%. This is democracy manifest!
Exxon made $160 million per day last quarter. How much did you make? www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/b...
Exxon made $160 million per day last quarter as oil prices surged | CNN Business
ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two biggest US oil companies, reported gangbusters profits driven by the spike in global oil prices unleashed by the US-Iran war.
cnn.com
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children could lose their lawyers beginning Friday as federally funded contracts supporting them are set to expire, prompting advocates to warn that the move will leave vulnerable minors to face deportation proceedings frightened and alone.
Thousands of Migrant Kids Are Set to Lose to Legal Representation
Expiration of federally funded contracts will leave some 20,000 children to face deportation proceedings alone.
truthout.org
“A conspiracy that would have sounded like satire 10 years ago: that the attacks on trans lives and communities have been driven by a cadre of billionaire child rapists who bankroll creepy “anti-woke” influencers to push bigotry with propaganda that covers up their wretched abuse.”
Trans News Network@transnews.network · 6mo agoYou’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
I think we need to actually restate how wild it is how much anti trans activism there is, and the extreme degree. We're getting two high court decisions on trans rights today alone that have huge consequences for trans people's lives (strip searching and puberty blockers). In one DAY
This feels so much more harmful than never having posted the threat briefing in the first place. That research was spot-on, which only highlights that you’re apologizing to unambiguous hate groups for finally defending us. Never donating another dime after this.
Stub Buns@stubbuns.bsky.social · 2w agoQuestion for Amnesty. Trans rights have regressed in the UK. That’s undeniable. The organisations you are apologising to have celebrated these rights being eroded. Are you really that weak that you can’t in good faith defend calling them anti-rights? Because they very clearly fucking are.
This is disturbing. Surely, preserving this archive should be a priority.
Boyd van Dijk@boydvandijk.bsky.social · 3w agoThe UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...
The poor staff members who worked on this and are now being thrown under the bus with 'We have an ongoing internal investigation into how this briefing came to be published.'
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2w agoAmnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
“We disagree with these anti-right organisations, but they were offended to be named as anti-rights organisations, which is fair enough.” ⁉️
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2w agoAmnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
Convicted fraudster George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform, saying she gave the money not him 🤥 Spookily like Farage’s girlfriend “buying” house in #Clacton, which allegedly Farage paid for avoiding £40K in Stamp Duty It’s all financial smoke & mirrors❗️
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
theguardian.com
“New accounts for the business of Farage’s partner, Laure Ferrari - who supposedly paid cash for the £885,000 home - show no signs of money-making” if Farage paid for any of it he would have been liable for extra rate stamp duty ~£44k #FarageBung www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Mystery deepens over Farage's Clacton house
New accounts for the business of his partner, Laure Ferrari - who supposedly paid cash for the £885,000 home - show no signs of money-making
thenewworld.co.uk
NEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
