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Ghost fiction, esp. MR James, Europe and Buster Keaton.
This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?
Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything
I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.
For Reading the Weird's next longread, we're traveling to the past and off the coast... Join @r-emrys.bsky.social and Anne M. Pillsworth for H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau!
Inner Beasts and Outer Humans: H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau (Part 1) - Reactor
For our next long-read, we're revisiting a classic that explores the line between human and animal
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So Bonehill-Payne, radicalised and jailed at 23 for being an anti-semitic neo-nazi, can be rehabilitated and given a paid job by the tories but Shamima Begum, groomed and radicalised at 15 can't be rehabilitated. I wonder what the difference could possibly be?
Zack Polanski, "If we decarbonise by 2050, that would cost less than a single (fossil-fuel) energy shock" "We've now had two energy shocks in just a few years" "We cannot keep waiting, we cannot keep hoping for magic technologies - it already exists, what is lacking is the political will"
She knows exactly who he is, what's she's doing and what this signals.
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 3h agoAmazing.
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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No excuses at all not to make the banks pay more - a lot more These parasites use our hard-earned cash to make themselves richer, and to shower obscene amounts of money on their CEOs and shareholders www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners
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A celebration of the running battles which kicked fascists off British streets 90 years ago via Glyn Robbin
🔴The Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 908 executions so far in 2026, of which 67 occurred in July and 8 in August . The actual number of executions is likely significantly higher as Iran withholds data on executions to avoid public scrutiny.
bats . bunnies. heat sensor camera and sounds that you would not normally see. altogether this to me is super cool . #bats #heatsensor #horseshoebat #echolocate
Am having a little fun on my various socials during August with some #OTD posts focusing on who was doing what, where, and with whom during the first months filming of Some Like It Hot #NobodysPerfectProject
Lucy Jane Santos@lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · yesterdaySo lets start the dive into #OTD for Some Like It Hot on the 4th August 1958 - the first official day of filming. This work order (preserved in the Margaret Herrick Library) is from MGM where Ashton Productions - Billy Wilder and Iz Diamond's company - had rented space on their famous Lot 2.
We spend enough time around the Severn and Teme to see the state they are in. Here are reports from mainland Europe. Abusing our rivers is not consequence free
Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
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Britain must prepare for El Niño. The UK is built for a climate which no longer exists. We need to grow more of our own food and prepare towns and workplaces for extreme heat. When climate shocks hit, public power must protect people so profiteers can't exploit crises.
Environmental impact of pet ownership needs comprehensive investigation. Numbers up over past 20 years. Pet food production (inc. animal welfare). Chemical use. Bird predation by cats. Dog-walkers as landscape use lobby, etc. www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/p... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
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🌞 Want proof that making polluters pay works? Malta has just secured EU funding to renovate homes, expand clean transport and help vulnerable households break free from fossil fuels. That's exactly what the EU ETS2 is designed to do. ✍️ Sign our petition to defend it: life-effect.org/petition/
A worthy cause ❤️
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 12h agoI just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.
Liberal England: Finlay J. Macdonald visits the Flannan Isles and their lighthouse I once had bed and breakfast at Breasclete on the west coast of Lewis, and the owner was the grandson of one of the men aboard the Hesperus when it went out to the isles in 1900 to see what was amiss with the light.
Finlay J. Macdonald visits the Flannan Isles and their lighthouse
This television film about the Flannan Isles , their lighthouse and the mysterious disappearance of its three keepers in 1900 was made by Fi...
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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
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This is quite horrific. A rare case in which the headline very much underplays the content of the article itself, as 'potentially harmful activity' is not what is described here. Would be good to know what the next steps are, beyond 'a broader conversation'. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue in cyber tests, UK watchdog says
AI Security Institute warns tools undertook ‘potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations’
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I've never used ChatGPT. If I'm absolutely honest, although I've heard of Claude, I'm not 100% sure what it is. I've never knowingly used an #AI tool. To me, this post reads like 'If pre-sliced cheese was suddenly banned, would you even know how to slice cheese manually?'
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 22h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya refused to abandon his patients and was kidnapped by Israel and has been held for over 550 days without charge. His son and his lawyer, who have had minimal contact with him, state he has a brain injury and his health is rapidly deteriorating. Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
Update: now at least 15 countries/territories which have had their highest ever recorded temperature in 2026: Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Guernsey, Hungary, Jersey, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Uzbekistan. Possibly Kenya too.
Ben Barclay@benbarclay.bsky.social · last mo.That means at least 7 countries and two territories have had their highest temperatures ever recorded in the past week or so, in some cases beating their old records on several occasions and by large margins.
I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’
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.
Leaders 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.
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"Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans. It has to become a project of national (and local and international) resilience." We need to build resilience or we will be shaped by crisis. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
Escalating climate and geopolitical shocks force a choice: build resilience or be shaped by crisis
Britain is in the grip of its worst-ever, record-shattering midsummer heatwave — even before the impacts of a predicted super El Niño of “Godzilla” strength are fully felt. In this stark context,...
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