Extinction Rebellion threw balloons filled with chemicals to damage the foundation of the hyperscale facility for Microsoft and delay construction. The action is more drastic than normal, the group acknowledges. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Extinction Rebellion saboteert bouwplaats datacenter voor Microsoft in Amsterdam

Datacenters: De actiegroep heeft ballonnen met chemicaliën gegooid om de fundering van de hyperscale voor Microsoft te beschadigen en de bouw te vertragen. De actie is harder dan normaal, erkent de gr...

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Scotland is calling me. I cannot wait to return to the beautiful Scottish Highlands.

Drawing Sam… 🦖 #art #drawing

The air is full of smoke, the food is full of parasites, and the water is full of data center bacteria but at least we stopped all that DEI children's cancer research!

New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Burnham to Back North Sea Oil and Take Control of Thames Water

Within days of taking office incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is preparing to announce new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea as well as taking public control of Thames Water.

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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Renewable energy, it is the cheapest, greenest form of energy & what we need to be doing is investing in that.. thats common sense thinking & the fact we've got Andy Burnham saying he's still got an open mind on oil and gas is deeply depressing"

No deposit, no problem: the new 100% mortgages for first-time buyers

No deposit, no problem: the new 100% mortgages for first-time buyers

Banks and building societies have started relaxing affordability rules and becoming more creative with products

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Green Party GAIN from Labour

Fly-tippers in Ealing set to face £5,000 fines with New powers Ealing Council to issue fly-tipping fines of up to £5,000 and littering fines of up to £750 will come into force later this summer l to tackle waste crime. www.ealing.news/news/fly-tip... @ealingcouncil.bsky.social

Fly-tippers in Ealing set to face £5,000 fines - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.

New powers allowing local authorities, including Ealing Council, to issue fly-tipping fines of up to £5,000 and littering fines of up to £750 will come into force later this summer under new governmen...

ealing.news

Ealing Council has been rated “Requires Improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in the watchdog’s first nationwide assessment of local authorities’ delivery of adult social care. www.ealing.news/news/ealing-...

Ealing Council rated 'Requires Improvement' in CQC adult social care assessment - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.

Ealing Council has been rated "Requires Improvement" by the Care Quality Commission in the watchdog's first nationwide assessment of local authorities' delivery of adult social care.

ealing.news

Ealing Council has unveiled its strategic “Values in Action” plan for the next four years, setting out its priorities for housing, children’s services, public safety, climate action and economic growth. ldd.news/london/ealin...

It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5

It's time to end Rip Off Britain. Brexit was one of the worst mistakes. Time for the future.

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · last mo.

We can't afford another lost decade. It's time to turn the page.

Ealing parents lose High Court appeal over children’s centre closures. Ealing Council spent £109,630 fighting the judicial review. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Ealing parents lose High Court appeal over children’s centre closures

Ealing Council spent £109,630 fighting the judicial review

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🚨 NEW: Greater Manchester Mayoral election has been confirmed for 30 July. Let's go 🟢👊

🟢 NEW: The Greens are getting organised with WhatsApp groups, leaflets and canvassers ready for the Mayoral by-election in Greater Manchester. Tomorrow, the party will announce its candidate, who is thought to be Geraldine Coggins, leader of the Green group on Trafford Council.

The reintroduction of beavers in Paradise Fields, Ealing, has prevented flooding for the first time in years. The area had experienced problems since the 1970s. The council had tried–and failed–to solve the issue with large-scale and expensive interventions. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

How eight beavers solved a decades-old Tube flooding problem

The creatures were reintroduced in 2023 after being hunted to extinction 400 years ago

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Congratulations to Andy Burnham. But this isn’t a team of advisers which looks like challenging wealth and power. The race for Greater Manchester mayor starts today and it’s Greens v Reform.

Ukrainian artist, Leonid Limanenko

Call me glass half empty but with over 40% of the vote going to far right parties I’m not feeling the prevailing elation!

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Makerfield by-election results

Friend sent me this photo of her cactus. The flowers last for only one day.

'The New American Gothic' Criselda Vasquez Oil on canvas 72” x 48"

Greater Manchester Mayor is a straight up battle between the Green Party Vs Reform. It's Hope Vs Hate. We've been getting ready for this one. See you tomorrow Manchester!

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 2mo ago

"What we know is that when Greens prioritise a campaign, we know how to win. We did that in Gorton and Denton and we'll be doing that for the Greater Manchester Mayor." Deputy Leader Rachel Millward on the Greater Manchester Mayoral election.

Oh, look. A proper reflecting pond.

North Acton ward residents will be going back to the polls on 25 June 2026 to elect a new cllr to Ealing Council following the resignation of Green Party cllr Simon Anthony, who stepped down shortly after being elected last month (7 May 2026) citing health reasons. www.ealing.news/ealing-counc...

Ealing decides 2026 : Candidates standing in North Acton ward by-election - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.

North Acton ward residents will be going back to the polls on 25 June 2026 to elect a new councillor to Ealing Council following the resignation of Green Party councillor Simon Anthony, who stepped do...

ealing.news

Review of the latest film from Bellingcat Productions - Killing Anna review – the amazing catfishing operation that flushed out Syria massacre perpetrator www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

Killing Anna review – the amazing catfishing operation that flushed out Syria massacre perpetrator

Haunting documentary tells how Syrian academic Annsar Shahoud created an online persona to contact the suspected perpetrator of the Tadamon massacre

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In this photo there is a Princeton University graduate and a Harvard Law School graduate. Michelle Obama is both.

I used to think Bond villains were a ridiculous conceit... theconversation.com/a-million-ne...

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

If SpaceX launches one million new satellites, it will increase atmospheric pollution and risk of falling debris. And we will see more satellites than stars.

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Just Stop Oil climate activists shattered the glass protecting a Velázquez masterpiece in the National Gallery. The climate activists allegedly smashed the Spanish artist’s £100m painting of the nude goddess Venus gazing into a mirror held by Cupid courtnewsuk.co.uk/climate-chan...

I hope the MPs who use this platform use this moment to tell their colleagues they should quit the race riot and non-consensual pornography platform once and for all, and call them out when they refuse. Musk clearly has no intention of cleaning up his platform, quite the opposite in fact.