Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.
Oliver Lamford
@oliverlamford.bsky.social
A co-ordinator for Nature by the Taff, a nature group building local appetites for change and ecological living in South Wales. Studying MSc Sustainability and Ecology at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth.
Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoOssoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds 🌎 phys.org/news/2026-10...
Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated, global analysis finds
The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.
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It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
Every geoengineering 'solution' to climate change depends, ultimately, on both being conducted at large scale (spatially) and being sustained (temporally) over many decades and likely centuries in order to be effective. Let alone on a globally-agreed governance framework to avoid armed conflict.
These delays (and the rising polls) make me think an early election is more likely. Put back all the hard decisions, milquetoast Budget with a few give-aways and go while the right is most divided (and the Greens in turmoil). Because otherwise these difficult decisions are not going to go away.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 5d agoMilburn report pushed to after budget because there is no money for his recommendations. Defence spending pushed back too. Spending review is going to be a nightmare.
The Tories have announced they would abolish Natural England, support a Third Runway & pull the UK out of the Aarhus Convention - in further signs they’ve totally given up on Middle England, don’t give a toss about the environment & just want to please some wealthy grouse moor owners & raving YIMBYs
![Tory party press release: “[We will leave the Aarhus] Convention that powers the lawfare hindering every major infrastructure project in this country.”
“Abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency, moving to a more streamlined regulatory landscape to protect our environment.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:br3kmdgzf5pnbfdnd57jfo6g/bafkreidogxc5es43brvlqj3qx5mgzczudqbsu2df2ijhhwcjhcg2w32pji)
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
📣 The first screening of the People's Emergency Briefing in a national parliament! The film was shown at Holyrood last night. Grateful to First Minister John Swinney for committing to helping ensure it is “shared and understood very widely within Scotland”. #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing
Why must it always be about planting trees, when they managed just fine for 100s of millions of years before people came along? Just let them seed out. Yes, planting does have a role, but so often the underlying subtext is continued human domination of nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
theguardian.com
Baddies will destroy liberal order to play chicken with climate disaster. They don’t care about the rest of us. We can build better but the window to get in the fight is closing. We have to stop appealing to moral authority here.
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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Dr David Megson + Sam Hammond on the Today Programme discussing why a multi-agency investigation at Thornton-Cleveleys didn't recommend bio-monitoring for affected people. Dr Megson says health monitoring is common practice in similar situations in other countries: share.google/Mp6nROVqRtKA...
Wow so it's actually thoroughly over for unionists. Both Reform and Labour failed to get their amendments passed even though Plaid Cymru don't have a majority.
Plaid Cymru@plaidcymru.bsky.social · 3w agoA historic moment. The Senedd has just supported Plaid Cymru's calls for the people of Wales to decide their own future. Plaid Cymru will always stand up for the people of Wales.
Hmmm on what is arguably the biggest issue in British politics right now, Andy Burnham’s government sounds a lot like Keir Starmer’s…. Wild thought, but maybe this is what happens when you keep the same people in post?
John Oxley@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 3w agoThe man who filmed himself stabbing one, with a person on board, is still seemingly at large.
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
A thing I would write about if I wrote about media: The rise of the semi-pro Facebook news creator. Last year's algo changes deprioritised things you follow/friends. Now my feed is just turbocharged with random activists/angry people/auditors who create grabby content and earn a few £100 a month.
A government cannot balance its current budget while starving the economy of the investment it needs. That is not fiscal prudence, it is deferred economic insecurity – and the UK’s lagging public and private investment are its outcome. New piece on what fiscal rules are actually for.
Fiscal Rules Should Serve Britain’s Future
Earlier this month, in his first major speech as the UK’s new Chancellor, John Healey stood in Coventry and reiterated his commitment to “fiscal discipline”. It is not hard to understand why: the UK…
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“I may have spent a load of my life in international conferences, I might have been better persuading people to join local organisations in my own area.”
Bas Glacier d'Arolla 2008 | 2026 Staggering recent disappearance of the icefall below Mont Collon! 🧊🔥 For tree-ring dating of the LIA advances of Arolla glaciers see our paper here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 📷 Pete Langdon
It’s extraordinary that as we breach 1.5° - which only in 2018, the IPCC said wouldn’t be reached until 2040 - that the PM is still holding up net zero by 2050 as an adequate response! The threat level has changed dramatically since the UK adopted its NZ by 2050 aim. Just a few examples: 🧵
Oh FFS. Increases in a few species is not a positive from climate change It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hummingbird hawk moths and ivy bees: The insects growing in number as temperatures rise
Hummingbird hawk moths - often mistaken for small birds - are being spotted in the West Midlands.
bbc.co.uk
"The UK should convene a coalition of concerned north Atlantic states to establish an Amoc Observatory, with an early warning system to be the global reference point on the issue." - Ben Judah www.ft.com/content/4870...
We need an observatory for the cooling north Atlantic
The UK should convene a coalition of concerned states if rising emissions lead to the collapse of the Amoc that brings warm water to northern regions
ft.com
Sea surface temperatures in the key Niño 3.4 region have been at record highs since early June (climate change plus El Niño), now more than 1°C above the 1997 record this week! 😬 Bring your El Niño questions and more to our free webinar tomorrow (sign up): climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Chatting just now with local Kent winegrower at farmer's market. This year's grapes are "smaller than peas" - not going to bother to harvest. What did he think of politicians saying 'hey enjoy your English sparkling wine thanks to climate change'? "Fucking morons."
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
Ministers are poised to approve a controversial new gasfield in the North Sea this month, according to government sources, and are considering approving a major oilfield later this year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Jackdaw gasfield set to be approved by ministers this month, sources say
Energy secretary could recommend new North Sea drilling next week, as ministers also consider approval for Rosebank oilfield
theguardian.com
Oil, gas & chemical firms, data centres - A tiny number of businesses are draining enough water to meet the needs of 10 million people a day - all shielded by a web of 'commercial secrecy'. Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social asks who's draining England's water? share.google/h5rnM2UVNCsd...
Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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