JuneSim63 💚
@junesim63.bsky.social
Retired researcher living in Nottinghamshire, England. Native of Hull. #Socialism #Politics #Cats #Gardening #ClassicalMusic #Environment #GreenParty She/Her Mastodon https://mstdn.social/@junesim63 and Pixelfed https://pixelfed.social/@junesim63
"None of England’s fire and rescue services are thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft." It's outrageous. Make the fossil fuel companies pay. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Fossil fuel producers should pay for wildfire helicopters, Zack Polanski says
Next week is the anniversary of the start of the Langdale Moor Fire in North Yorkshire, the largest wildfire in the country last year.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens – despite a record-setting $60 million in outside spending in her favor.
Abdul El-Sayed Beats the Democratic Establishment and AIPAC in Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens — despite a record-setting $60 million in outside spending in her favor.
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It’s time to act. And when we do we won’t just avoid the worst effects of climate breakdown - but we will lower bills permanently, help our communities thrive - and give a grounded sense of hope for generations to come.
Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 7h agoZack Polanski has called for fossil fuel producers to be made to finance firefighting helicopters, following a series of recent fires across the country He also called on PM Burnham to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including the Jackdaw & Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast
Yes, military strikes on water infrastructure should be a war crime But what about military strikes on the 'critical infrastructure' of ecosystems? You know, our life support system? This war has been absolutely devastating for the fragile marine and coastal ecosystems of the Persian Gulf
Military strikes on water facilities in Iran may constitute a war crime, experts say
Strikes on Bemani damaged key water reservoir for 20,000 people living in area amid a historic drought in the country
theguardian.com
Excellent leadership from Zack Polanski and, as ever, powerful message also from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social - including on the need to just stop oil, shift to plant-rich diets, fight mis and disinformation, and address the abysmal failures of mainstream media 👏
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6h agoMy urgent message to the Prime Minister with a Q&A with journalists on our plans. Joined by a medic, a former soldier, a firefighter and Chris Packham. 👇🏽 www.youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...
My urgent message to the Prime Minister with a Q&A with journalists on our plans. Joined by a medic, a former soldier, a firefighter and Chris Packham. 👇🏽 www.youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...
Zack Polanski delivers an urgent message to the Prime Minister
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’
independent.co.uk
Absolutely worth an hour of your time. Polanski showing real leadership here. Particularly impressed with the range of other speakers, including Carl Benfield and Chris Packham. #ClimateEmergency #BoldPolitics #GreenParty #UKPolitics youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...
Zack Polanski delivers an urgent message to the Prime Minister
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtube.com
This is the kind of thing that's going to make the press suddenly decide it's an urgent issue that Kemi Badenoch be replaced. Especially since they've decided it's not going to be Farage who benefits and they've almost certainly concluded that Labour's work is done.
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 12h agoHorrendous stuff, but again it is grimly hilarious that the Tory leader is so awesomely stupid that she doesn’t understand she’s humiliating everyone and making an absolute mockery of almost a decade of terrifying all-channels panic.
"To fund this policy, expected to cost somewhere in the region of £500 million, Burnham’s government is ‘reprioritising’ money that was originally earmarked for the Department of Energy Security and Net-Zero" But of course... #NetZero #Buses #UKPolitics
Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 12h ago"What a simple, sensible, albeit pretty obvious policy to introduce...Until you notice where the money is coming from." Let's check the fine print of Andy Burnham's bus fare cap. jeastoe.substack.com/p/good-polic...
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
theguardian.com
The fact this completely aligns with the US far-right government and its demands that US client (vassal) states remove any "woke" considerations from public procurement is, I'm sure, entirely coincidental. Ahem. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/01/b...
US embassies to contractors worldwide: Cancel any diversity programs or risk going unpaid | CNN Business
US embassies have sent letters to contractors in their host countries demanding they certify that they do not run any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that violate President Donald Trump...
edition.cnn.com
Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 23h agoEXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...
Should the state be allowed to use public money to carry on promoting better social and environmental outcomes? What are you, some kind of insane communist?
Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 23h agoEXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...
Interesting framing in that headline. I'd say it's traffic that "closes down" streets. Children playing is a sign of a street that's *open*—safe, welcoming and community-orientated.
Stephen Frost@sfrost.bsky.social · 15h ago“As Aydin jumps a scooter over ramps set up in the middle of the road, children around him are drawing with chalk, blowing bubbles and kicking a football in a spot where cars are usually driving through.” Good job Leeds. More children should have the chance to play in their neighbourhood like this.
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
When can we expect the accusations of antisemitism against the Charity Commissioners to land? #Israel #Settlers #WestBank #Charities Charity Commission to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements | Charities | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Charity Commission to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements
Official action by regulator for England and Wales comes after formal complaint made by Labour MP about the funds
theguardian.com
"Rewilding is often presented as a wildfire problem.. But this is not the full story. Carefully planned rewilding that focuses on restoring functioning ecosystems can make landscapes wetter, patchier and more fire resistant" #Rewilding #Wildfires theconversation.com/how-rewildin...
How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires
Done properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
theconversation.com
This is the literal definition of terrorism.
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterdayLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
"I arrived at Lake Constance. Lake Constance is sadly no longer there. Anyone who rolls back climate protection like Friedrich Merz does will ultimately lose our lakes and rivers. The only question is: Where does this man go on vacation that he's completely unaware of all this?"
Michael Bloss@michabloss.bsky.social · yesterdayBin am Bodensee angekommen. Bodensee leider nicht mehr da. Wer Klimaschutz so zurückfährt wie, Friedrich Merz, verliert am Ende See und Flüsse. Die Frage ist nur: Wo macht der Mann Urlaub, dass er von all dem nichts mitbekommt?
Climate change has never been more visible than in 2026. We’ve had serious flooding in the winter, heat waves since May and drought and wildfires. Yet central government is on about immigration and fiscal rules. I’m not hearing anything about adaptations to schools and hospitals to help cope
Two former members of the British Union of Fascists went on to become Conservative MPs. Good to see Kemi Badenoch upholding the Tories' great traditions.
"The politicians basically serve the rich, the wealthy, and their self-interest." Listen to this man in Nigel Farage's constituency.
Incredible shit here: the guy Badenoch is defending was sent to prison for sending racist abuse to the MP Luciana Berger. Who then did a whole series of interviews and columns talking about her criminal harassment by Nazis, in a manner intended to make listeners believe it was done by Labour members
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · yesterdayEven I am taken aback at the new and surprising ways these people find to insult the public’s intelligence and make it more clear the only operative professional standard in force is “LOL fuck you”
If the left want to be taken seriously by the British political and pundit class, they need to stop saying ridiculous things like "I believe transgender people deserve to live with dignity, rights and respect," and instead say common sense things like "I would like to statutorily rape young women."
Suella Braverman, Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, David Lammy, Robert Jenrick support this… Imagine Palestinians doing this to the Israelis, what the response be?!
Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d agoIsrael blocks ambulances in the West Bank again. Shoots Palestinians, then seals off medical access so they bleed out and die. Deliberate. Sadistic. State policy. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
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 · 2d agoBP 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...
