Must think of cool display name.
@rossno25.bsky.social
The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard said, "There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Likes County Cricket #MakeHopeNormalAgain
This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
Actually, Elon - you're the problem. Our campaign isn't about who people hate; it's about who Musk harms. Sign and share our petition TODAY: actionnetwork.org/forms/saia-p...
"Ignoring extreme heat and raging fires isn't just complacency. It's a dereliction of duty." Experts warn the climate crisis is already costing lives and urgent action from the Government is needed.
1/4 If Labour is serious about stopping the authoritarian right, it must rebuild trust by breaking with the very culture that feeds public cynicism. If we fail to change course, the winners will not be the public, but the billionaires.
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Climate change-induced migration: UK collaboration with international partners
Climate change is likely to increase migration flows over the coming decades. Increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events are expected to increase “forcible displacements”, and the “slow-o...
lordslibrary.parliament.uk
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?
Our prisons are overcrowded because the system is broken. The answer isn't endless emergency releases. It's investing in prevention, rehabilitation and giving people the support they need to rebuild their lives.
As extreme weather causes more events like wildfires & flooding, fire services are getting more stretched. The Government must make sure fire & rescue teams are properly resourced to provide their vital services. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Norfolk fire service faces £1m overspend amid extreme weather
Justine Thomas, a Reform UK councillor, says tighter financial controls are needed.
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If children are the future what are their policies?
On the Today programme Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf claimed “almost 1%” of, or “one in 100”, people crossing the Channel via small boat are dying. That’s not correct. The data we have suggests the actual proportion is closer to one in 1,000.
How many people die trying to cross the Channel in a small boat? – Full Fact
Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf told the Today programme that “almost 1%” of those crossing the Channel via small boat are dying, but the actual figure is much less.
fullfact.org
"I wasn't in politics." Then why does the timeline tell a different story? 🤔
Author @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: "Their massive tax cuts for the rich, crushing of trade unions, reduction in public housing, deregulation, privatisation, outsourcing and competition in public services were all proposed by Hayek and his disciples." Read more: evonomics.com/ruthless-net...
1/3 Strip away the theatre and Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital. It’s plain to see – just follow the money.
Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
theguardian.com
Really pleased to host the Floodmobile in my constituency. Lots of people came along to talk about the problems they’ve had following flooding. I’ve taken up many cases like this. In Parliament I am pressing for real action on flood management.
Social media posts claiming that annual energy bills are £2,325 in the UK compared to just £485 in France and £150 in Poland are misleading. These figures resemble wholesale electricity price values and don’t reflect the annual cost for consumers. fullfact.org/economy/uk-e...
BP don’t think so, they think it’s game over - having had decades of benefit from the Casino Capitalism of global oil and gas market pricing. So long and thanks for all the dividends - as the dolphins in Hitchhiker’s Guide might have said.
But the internal e-mail that points to ‘over supply and lower prices’ should be taken on board by everyone who promotes more drilling in the North Sea as some kind of economic boost.
We're near the ten-year anniversary of this interview, which was viewed as wildly controversial at the time. It led to hit pieces on me from liberal outlets like The New Republic as well as death threats. Now it's seen as conventional wisdom -- but it always was!
It's tragic that @mark-carney.bsky.social doesn't listen to climate scientists. Those profits-before-people-and-environment CEOs are gonna kill us all.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 6d agoIf a climate scientist like @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @wwattribution.bsky.social says it's extremely scary how climate change is intensifying hot, dry, flammable conditions conducive to wildfires, you should probably be worried.
Just very openly a plot to resegregate America.
Senator Elissa Slotkin@slotkin.senate.gov · 6d agoWhat I am hearing about from folks in uniform is a new secret vetting process where people in the Department of Defense are looking at someone’s social media history. Looking at whether they attended a Pride event or posted something on their personal Facebook page about Martin Luther King Day.
“A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.”
Eric Geller@ericjgeller.com · 6d ago"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
How one event at our ports could cause the UK to run out of food in a matter of days...
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
Scary possibility, Nuclear power station taken out by wildfires. Welcome to the climate crisis, where we learn that the energy sources we thought were reliable - fossil and nuclear - are not. Both being highly affected by heat. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
