#NoToFossilFuels @andyburnham.bsky.social #KeepItInTheGround for the future of our children, for a more just future.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoFossil fuels, utilities and housing: what we know about Andy Burnham’s plans
Elke Weissmann
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Reader in TV, who watches TV and sometimes makes some with her students at Edge Hill University. Interested in the role of media in communicating climate change. Also interested in questions of inequality and television. Also posts pretty pictures.
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In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik
In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik
The suffering of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is no isolated case. The abuse of Palestinian detainees is happening in plain sight, yet nothing changes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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A weight tax for SUVs? Yes please. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Question for the day as we allow #AI and #Algorithms to take over the thinking for us, is the machine now 'I think therefore I am' while we human beings learn the value of human emotion and therefore 'we feel, therefore we are?'
#AI doesn't just affect the #Editorial side of #TVProduction and #FilmProduction. #ProductionManagement does exist....
Just heard the man who stays with my neighbour next door say to his girlfriend (in the context of HR protected characteristics monitoring): 'Let's be honest, one of the reasons you got your job, is because you are a woman, and not a white, middle aged man.' #TotalBoyfriendFail. #BeBetter.
Banning under 16s from #SocialMedia is like treating measles with a concealer. It doesn't address #MediaLiteracy, it doesn't address the problems of social media such as dis- and misinformation. What we need is better #Regulation and better #Education. @ukgovernment.bsky.social #NotImpresssed
Ordinary people, you need to change your behaviour to avoid climate catastrophe while we rich make sure your children have no planet to live on. #ClimateChange www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How much coffee is one allowed to drink on a Friday? Not asking for a friend.
Snow White Enjoys Coffee
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Urgh. #marking after a bad night's sleep is really hard.
Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) Tired at Desk
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Birmingham is by most measures a financially poor city. Politicians need to make it a cheap city to live in. Bike lanes = free travel + free exercise + low pollution Low pollution = less demand on financially constrained health and social care Politicians need to level with electorate.
Hannah Spencer speaking to PoliticsJOE, "You can smell the alcohol when people are in-between votes" "I wasn't prepared for what goes on in the rest of the chamber where there is a lot of jeering going on" "We're making decisions about people's lives we're here to do a job and to serve people"
Spent a few days in #Rouen. What a gorgeous place. With amazing cycling infrastructure. I am jealous.
Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings
In an Istanbul market, I came across an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants | Carolin Würfel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In an Istanbul market, I came across an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants | Carolin Würfel
Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake, says Carolin Würfel, a writer who lives in Berlin ...
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#SaferStreets are much needed for all of us, including those of us who do not drive #cars. #CarCulture #Cycling #Walking www.linkedin.com/posts/active...
Safer Streets for Women and Girls | Active Travel England
Poorly lit spaces, design and location of bus stops, lack of CCTV – these are all reasons why women and girls don’t feel safe getting out and about in their neighbourhoods. Last night, Local Transpo...
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Had the pleasure to speak to @liliangreenwood.bsky.social yesterday about pavement parking and why it makes walking less safe and convenient. Here's the proof or so... youtu.be/HOV6SporrIo?... with @activetraveleng.bsky.social and Living Streets. @nihilisticgherkin.bsky.social
Pavement Parking
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