I mean, isn't that the point of a govt? To keep people safe & counter dangers? So can we have a govt that actually does that, please? #VoteGreen #JoinGreen #ActGreen #DonateGreen #SupportGreen

Bradford District Green Party@bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 5h ago

💬 "We are facing the biggest threat to this country since the Second World War." @zackpolanski.bsky.social outlines the danger we all face from the #ClimateCrisis and calls on Andy Burnham to act: 🟢 Keep People Safe 🟢 Tackle Wildfires 🟢 Prevent Droughts & Protect Food System Watch ⤵️

This is a repeated pattern Burnham has already displayed - portraying environmental protection and economic prosperity as zero sum, sacrificing one for the other. It might be canny short term politics, but it’s a horrible message that validates the culture messaging of the climate deniers

Tristan Grayford@tristangrayford.scot · 7h ago

The Burnham premiership continues its approach to the future which is "wildfires? lets have more of that please, the young can be put to work to put out the flames" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

Small joys: playing shop. Mending stuff. Threading beads. Finding stuff we need. Snuzzing cats. A bit of welcome rain. Marinated smoked tofu. Being safe to try new things. Learning stuff. Making stuff. Reading aloud. Writing new songs. Playing fiddle. How's your day going? #thankful

We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why ⚖️👇 https://goodlaw.social/2hix

How the code of practice gets the law wrong | Good Law Project

We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why

goodlaw.social

This is a good resource, which will hopefully grow. I'm a cis person, but will support these venues because they're obviously nice people. #trans #glasgow #ehrc goodweeplace.com

I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

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Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · yesterday

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...

Echo the Australian magpie annoying a tuxedo cat named Gilbert in Thames, New Zealand. The pair are known to be friends, though the magpie is often described as an annoying sibling that frequently pushes limits. They are part of a group called "Tuxedoes Unite" located in Karangahake, New Zealand.

Very disappointing from the new Prime Minister, very much sounding like the previous PM. These are among the world’s most vulnerable and desparate people. They need safe routes and humanity from responsible politicians, not grandstanding. This isn’t doing politics differently.

Why is it, do we think, the media have basically memory holed the fact the UK government fucked about with covid, made dreadful, idiotic decisions, tens of thousands died unnecessarily and they got pissed and robbed us blind in the process. And are instead asking if not enough teachers died?

A bouquet of bastards! XD

Mike Harding@churchcat.bsky.social · 4d ago

Happy Yorkshire Day Everybody

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... What an absolute treat I happened upon on BBC Sounds (no TV licence needed) I'd never read this; the adaptation is charming, & thoughtful. There are indeed those men who 'hate life, though they fear death even more'. They own the world. Let us rise up, singing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra - News from Nowhere by William Morris, 1. A New Dawn

From 1890, a Utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind.

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Bright, as @taliskimberley.bsky.social says, Lammas! With added Corn Jenny. (that's twice the Corn Jenny!)

Talis Kimberley🇪🇺@taliskimberley.bsky.social · 4d ago

youtu.be/yn4J6uaZ4KM?... A bright Lammas to you all! Here's my song 'Corn Jenny' from the closing ceremony of Festival at the Edge a couple of years ago. That was a joyful day! May yours be so today. #folksong #folksinger

youtu.be/yn4J6uaZ4KM?... A bright Lammas to you all! Here's my song 'Corn Jenny' from the closing ceremony of Festival at the Edge a couple of years ago. That was a joyful day! May yours be so today. #folksong #folksinger

Corn Jenny

YouTube video by Talis Kimberley

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So, I learned a few years ago that orange juice and lemonade is known as a Henry. Lacking orange juice, I added lemonade to cloudy apple, and it was very nice. I declare it: Matilda. Apple & raspberry juice & lemonade: Empress Matilda!

Cath Palug was a gigantic cat of Welsh folklore that is said to have terrorised King Arthur. In attempting to straddle animal folklore, political commentary and pet portraiture I've updated the fable for contemporary times where Kath Palug feasts on the nationalists with their Temu England flags...

For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now it's facing pointless funding cuts. Withdrawing funds won't save much money, but it will seriously hurt UK science. I’ve added my name to help stop this—please join me and sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save Jodrell Bank

For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now its funding is being threatened. Add your name to help stop these short-sighted cuts and protect UK science:

you.38degrees.org.uk

This, its an accessibility problem.

Bruce Buckman@brucebuckman.bsky.social · 6d ago

Getting increasingly annoyed as my mum ages that the tech industry after decades of the personal computing & smart phone revolutions still thinks changing stuff like interfaces is just a cool thing to do without giving a shit how it effects folks just clinging on to understanding how stuff works.

This is lunacy, utter malice, harm for harm's sake. Hard not to feel the govt (this & several previous iterations) are at war with the people of the country they are elected to serve. Feeling helpless? Join the Green Party. We need loud voices, all our anger, ideas, & resilience🍃 #ClimateJustice

Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 5d ago

Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in already water stressed areas. They have no legal obligation to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness

Refreshing to have the chance to say 'I would not license my work under these or any terms'. I completed this; fellow writers & artists, you may also want to. *Hands & heart make human art* #FuckAI #zuzai

ALCS@alcs.co.uk · 5d ago

Have your say on AI licensing and payment! Macquarie University and the Creative Industries PEC are surveying UK authors and illustrators on their views. Take the survey before 7 Aug: https://ow.ly/iXGl50ZuA8V

Across the country, wildfires are raging. The Prime Minister needs to call a COBRA meeting and treat the climate crisis with the urgency this moment calls for.

When you buy a copy you also get all you need to go Woodwosing - 1. Your very own Woodwose. 2. The magical words of @taliskimberley.bsky.social What more could you ask for? Get your copy of Woodwosing without delay. #Hookland

Talis Kimberley🇪🇺@taliskimberley.bsky.social · last wk.

My new little book Woodwosing has arrived! I am so thrilled with this little paper baby! #book #poetry #folklore #myth

Half of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.

The polls are now open in Greater Manchester. To run Greater Manchester for the people, for fairness, not big money and developers. Vote first preference for Geraldine Coggins.

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 6d ago

Greater Manchester; Polls are now open! Head to wheredoivote.co.uk to find your local polling station and head on down! Vote Green today for real hope and real change 💚

Burnham wants to do what he did in Greater Manchester for the whole of the UK? But what does that mean for the people - not the property developers? Its time to end Rip off Britain. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Get down with Zack not off with billionaires. A man of the people not a conceited elite millionaire. Not a supporter of genocide either. That’s the difference with the Polanski and the Greens, progressive and passionate about everyone’s human rights.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last wk.

Some party leaders take £5m off convicted criminals to fundraise for their political parties. We prefer a rave. Thank you, Bristol! 💚

The Greens have long understood that you can’t tackle environmental problems without also delivering social justice. Neither can you have social justice in a world suffering from environmental collapse. The two go hand in hand.

‘Great Inventions, 1961’ Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Artist: Robert Ayton

Hello! Illustrator in love with books and whimsey here that is not afraid of the dark. I work with some of the best publishers and writers in the world. Would love to work with you. thomassbrown.com Also exactly half of Tattercat Studio with @taliskimberley.bsky.social thomassbrown.com