At last, something from someone in government at least talking about the fact today we are in climate chaos. The silence has been terrifying.

Megan Corton Scott@mcortonscott.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s a low bar but I am delighted to see this. The UK has had four widespread instances of extreme heat this year. The national May temperature record was broken at 35.1°C in West London, and June bringing temperatures above 37°C in East Anglia.

People are just not ready for the consequences of climate change.

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

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Today university fees rise again, while thousands of academics across the country face job cuts, crushing workloads and shattered morale. Students deserve better than this broken system of unfair repayment that widens inequality. Abolish fees and fund universities properly!

Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness

Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas

PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’

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Let's hold the Govto its promise! No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit

The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!

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Ben Wood@cosmichope.bsky.social · 2w ago

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Do not give the time midday to any political leader, party, MP or media pundit, spokesperson or anchor who says we need more fossil fuel investment. Phase fossil fuel use out from today and listen to Zack Polanski if you can’t make your own mind up from all the wildfires and heat waves.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2w ago

Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?

I’ve just signed this petition for a public inquiry into violence at our border. I was shocked when I read about the horrible violence kids and even babies are living through there - and we’re paying for it! Please sign and share. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Violence towards kids just isn’t right

I’ve just signed this petition to get a full public inquiry into the violence at our border. I was shocked when I read about the horrible violence kids and even babies are living through there - and w...

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This. People are now dying from heatwaves, yet I am hearing more conversations about getting air conditioning than about taking action.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3w ago

Heatwaves are killing thousands in this country. Fossil fuels are an economic dead end. Approving new oil and gas drilling would be environmentally disastrous and economically illiterate.

Zack Polanski, "YouGov shows the Green Party polling first with the under 50s" "Kemi Badenoch is pushing misinformation because there is no job security in the North Sea" "We have extracted most of the reserves" "The answer is obvious, renewable energy. We need to be investing in that"

Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Statement of the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales on the publication of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice - Church in Wales

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It is mad that we have, somehow, allowed net zero - a policy common to all major parties under 5 years ago and supported by a majority of the public - to become a synoym for mad radicalism. It is doubly mad that we've allowed this to happen during the hottest summer on record.

Jo Michell@jomichell.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m sorry, but what is ‘radical’ about the policies pursued by Miliband?

Despite more than 1 in 4 MPs signing my motion against the Code, it is due to come into force without any debate or vote in Parliament. I have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities urging her to withdraw it now. 2/2

Woke up this morning to discover that I am now hoping that Count Binface wins the by-election. Saying that I don't know whether to laugh or cry doesn't quite cover it since mainly I am angry but it does feel very British.

This is amazing; 40 women’s organizations standing in support of trans people’s human rights against this government’s targeting of trans people against the EHRC transphobic code. Trans people and cis women’s rights are not in opposition.

Women’s organisations speak up against the EHRC's Code - LIVE

I’m Women’s organisations speak up against the EHRC's updated Code of Practice   We are a collection of women's organisations, networks and community groups that work with and support women across th...

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I hate the way we’re barrelling headfirst towards a self-inflicted epistemological crisis: AI-written books, cynically edited political speeches, deepfake art, AI music pap, fabricated podcast slop, YouTube flooded with cute animals and influencers who don’t exist, LLMs that hallucinate… HATE IT!

This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE

Joanna Bourke@joannabourke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Shocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social

When you have a strong suspicion that the story is fake but it is so good you do not care. Still team Larry.

Jon Phillips@jowiph.bsky.social · last mo.

I would kill or die for Larry

We need you 📣 We know most people stand with the trans community, but a small minority people want the trans community to disappear. Add your voice so we can show how many people stand with trans community: https://goodlaw.social/z073

Farage is making millions from his public position - on top of the millions he’s been given. Does it matter? He doesn’t think so or think it’s any of our business. But then you look at donations to his limited company, masquerading as a political party - and you see Crypto dealers dominate.

Yet another reminder of how important it is to ask about our own biases when we read history. Who gets heard? Who gets blamed and who gets excused?

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · last mo.

Everytime I tweeted/skeet about the Haitian revolution someone chimes in WELL THEY KILLED PEOPLE. Wait until you hear what enslavers did.

All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening

This is not climate change, this is climate breakdown. I am haunted by the thought that we will be the last generation to remember life under a reasonably stable weather system. Yet there still seems to be little urgency from many to make the political, structural and personal changes needed.

In Birmingham this week and had a quite temperate walk by the canal. Because trees and wildflowers and water and not just an area wrapped in concrete and asphalt. A/Cs are expensive to run and bad for the environment. Create more green space

We are pleased to announce a new programme at The Queen's Foundation, designed to support dioceses in equipping Anglican clergy ordained overseas as they prepare to begin ministry within the Church of England. Contact: Revd Pat Lenton de Dickin lentonp@queens.ac.uk www.queens.ac.uk/about-us/art...

Equipping Overseas Clergy: New Programme Launched - The Queen's Foundation

The Queen’s Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of a new programme designed to support dioceses in equipping Anglican clergy ordained overseas as they seek to begin ministry within the Chur...

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Ah so LLMs operate like senior male academics. Who could have envisioned that technology trained on existing texts could operate in a fundamentally conservative nature

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

If you agree that Jeff Bezos should pay his fair share in tax like the rest of us, sign here: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/make-ama...

We pay our dues. They should too.

Amazon made £62 BILLION last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. We must stop this!

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Also, laying the blame so fully on Musk - who is absolutely a dangerous and contemptible racist creep - is very convenient for the UK's newspapers, news channels and politicians who've either spread the self-same racist myths, 24/7, for decades, or have entirely abandoned any pushback against them.

Ian Ford 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@ianford.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I think we have to be careful about crediting Musk with power he doesn't have. That way you help feed the myth of being the omnipotent all-powerful puppet master that controls everything that happens in the world. That's the main psychological con-trick they use to make opponents give up in advance.