Let’s all ‘embrace the Mediterranean life’ while we watch the planet burn and see no future for our children.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10h agoMy 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...
Some sense from @owenjones.bsky.social as usual. Currently it’s hard not to despair at what the ruling classes are getting away with and how much damage they are causing across the world. youtu.be/1ghsckm9EzE?...
Trump Just Got HUMILIATED In Iran War
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Anyone interested in trauma and recovery might enjoy this new film... there's an online screening tomorrow (5th Aug). #Trauma #recovery chronicillnesstraumastudies.com/traumality-t...
Watch Traumality the Documentary: Online Screening Aug 5th - I'll be part of a panel for Live Q&A - Chronic Illness Trauma Studies
Traumality the Documentary to change the face of public health, influence UK and world to become trauma-informed. Live Screening Aug 5 2026
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We have released an updated and more accurate version of Operation Fortress.
@femi-oluwole.bsky.social debating with clarity, care and precision. Shame on the Oxford Union @ox.ac.uk for sitting on this debate for months and refusing to publish it…no such reticence in promoting Tiny Tommy Ten Names when he has appeared at the Union. #StopRacism youtu.be/WH_pc2hML9s?...
Has the England flag become a symbol of hate? - Oxford Debate with Patrick Christys
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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An interesting idea, a look at Media Sovereignty website (link in post beliw), which describes its aims and has a link to the petition.
Oliver@oliver48.bsky.social · 2d ago"Exclusive: Huge majority of Brits back an end to foreign billionaire control of our media" mediasovereignty.org/exclusive-hu...
WATCH: ProPublica & @drilledmedia.bsky.social found that oil and gas companies have been funding climate research at prestigious US universities for 30+ years. This research fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels: propub.li/3TTgAGp
Every time I hear @georgemonbiot.bsky.social speak I am reminded how n point he is. Here is a bit on the lack of democracy in neoliberalism, we are now seeing the worst outcomes of that experiment.
Evonomics.com@evonomics.bsky.social · 3d agoAuthor @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...
How many warning signs do we need before we take action? Force this government to step up on climate, before it's too late 👇 https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/time-for-the-uk-to-step-up-on-climate/
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
What she said 👇🏽. To long we have allowed the whims of rich, greedy men to dictate the shape of society, this is not Ok.
Grace Blakeley@graceblakeley.substack.com · 2d agoAfter years of hype, and trillions of dollars, the AI boom will leave us with a captured economy, a corrupted democracy, and a devastated environment. We can't let them get away with it. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Around 5,000 of Iceland’s 80,000 horses are used as pregnant “blood mares” across 119 farms, some of which are owned or subcontracted by pharmaceutical company Isteka. The blood is administered to farmed animals to boost their reproduction. www.surgeactivism.org/articles/ice...
Iceland's horse "blood farms" supplying UK and European livestock industry — Surge | Creative Non-Profit for Animal Rights
SPECIAL REPORT: As if animal agriculture wasn’t rife enough with animal exploitation, a report by the Guardian has placed a spotlight on a little-known link between farms across Europe and the UK and ...
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Without pollinators we are screwed. Pls sign www.thepetitionsite.com/236/191/465/...
Sign Petition: France Is Bringing Back Bee-Killing Pesticides. Beekeepers Say This Is a Disaster.
Beekeeping groups and environmental organizations say the bill was rushed through without real safeguards for public health or the environment. (137 signatures on petition)
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An awful ecological disaster, we really need to fall out of love with plastic for the sake of the planet.
Protect the Wild@protectthewild.bsky.social · 5d agoOver a billion nurdles spilled off the Port of Tyne are washing up across the northeast coast. Northumberland Wildlife Trust says it could be one of the UK's largest such spills, after two vessels collided on 19 July, and marine life is now at risk.
Once upon a time, we developed international law and labelled atrocities 'war crimes'...nowadays it seems anything goes!! Please sign & share. www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/3...
Sign Petition: Maternity Wards, Emergency Rooms, and Ambulances Are Now Targets of War Around the World. This Must Stop.
There is no question that we are living in a time of intense global conflict. Wars rage around the world, and a very concerning (2804 signatures on petition)
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From 'Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes' by Elizabeth Lesser Here's to all the first-first responders ♥️
FFS modern Britain not so great any more! Sitting in solidarity now a violent act of terrorism apparently. Thanks @novaramedia.com for reporting it. An kudos to the man shouting about manual handling, if the MET are going to yank people off the floor, they ought not to injure them in the process.
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5d agoJust sitting on the pavement and clapping is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement & clapping. Andy Burnham can stop this. But he isn't. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com
Pass this on to that uncle you have who puts up flags and is going to vote Reform...you know the one...this is the sort of mean-spirited world they want to create!
HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 5d agoThis has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Thanks @countbinface.bsky.social for bringing me joy in such troubled times...lmao at this pic...have you tried kissing babies yet...that is the politician-y thing to do...but you might scare the bin-jeesus out of them!
Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 5d ago✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Sign Petition: Andrew Tate and Brother Arrested on Rape Charges. UK Authorities Must Also Go After Perpetrators in
The UK is doing what the US has been too cowardly to: hold serial sexual assaulters accountable. Authorities must continue with this work. (6480 signatures on petition)
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Every year, around 100 MILLION sharks are caught and cruelly carved up for their fins. Still alive and breathing, they are often thrown overboard, back into the ocean to die. Mexico: Ban Shark Finning! actions.eko.org/a/mexico-ban...
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