A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.
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A great interest in all invertebrates, especially bumblebees and solitary bees. A life-long love of the natural world has engendered grief and outrage as the loss of biodiversity and ‘shifting baselines’ have become the new normal.
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23h agoNick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised
“No arrests were made during the incident” Compare with the mass arrests during the Just Stop Oil road-blocking action earlier in the week Explanations, please… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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Marine biologist Loyiso Dunga mapped the Great African Seaforest, one of the world's few expanding kelp forests, using satellite imagery. Today, he advocates combining scientific data with Indigenous community knowledge for equitable conservation. Read the interview by @alexandratalty.bsky.social.
‘You can’t protect what you don’t know:’ Interview with marine scientist Loyiso Dunga
CAPE TOWN — When scientist Loyiso Dunga began mapping the Great African Seaforest in 2016, he decided to go snorkeling. The South African section of the kelp forest stretches around 800 miles or…
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This has actually been known for a long time! For instance the 1975 book 'Food for a Future' (orginally called "The ecological priority of a humane diet") made that point. More recently, the most extensive study ever done on farming's impacts also concluded:
Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
Biggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust@bbowt.bsky.social · 7d ago⚠️ Years of progress destroyed overnight at adder tunnels – can you help? The fire at Crookham Common has destroyed the habitat on one side of our adder tunnels – a pioneering project to encourage two populations of adders to move freely, mix and breed, as Land Manager Julian Cooper explains.
When the prisons are working at 98% capacity and the government are letting offenders out early, protesters risk jail. Come on Burnham, stop this madness.
Dr Charlie Gardner@charliejgardner.bsky.social · 5d agoI am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
⚠️ Years of progress destroyed overnight at adder tunnels – can you help? The fire at Crookham Common has destroyed the habitat on one side of our adder tunnels – a pioneering project to encourage two populations of adders to move freely, mix and breed, as Land Manager Julian Cooper explains.
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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My son is a scout leader and his group is fund-raising to keep their building safe and secure gofund.me/2a08c7561 - they do a brilliant job for local kids, any donations and re-posts welcome 🙏
Donate to Scout hut refurbishment project, organized by Nina Sweet
Want to join us in making a difference? We are raising money to benefit PRINCES RISBOROUGH … Nina Sweet needs your support for Scout hut refurbishment project
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If we're waiting for people in charge to wake up and care about the way global warming is going destroy lives around the world - we need to think again. If they don't care now they never will. We have to rip our world out of their hands. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Nepal-Tibet: More than 800 missing in Nepal as authorities say glacier collapse triggered flash flood
In neighbouring Tibet, officials say more than 500 are missing - it's not clear if that figure overlaps with Nepal's. In Nepal, at least 177 bodies have been found.
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I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Meanwhile.. Catastrophic floods, snow and mudslides have struck the Andes region, with Chile, Peru and Bolivia all badly hit. Peru's president has declared a state of emergency as experts warn that up to 1.2 million people could be affected. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports, 29 Aug
This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opinion
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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A direct line can be drawn from the fossil fuel corporation CEOs in their smart suits and swanky offices, to the brutal deaths of the terrified people you can see in these films Himalayan glaciers are collapsing, and meltwater lakes breaching, due to global heating www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Hundreds missing, including 291 foreign tourists, after deadly flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border
In Tibet, CCTV captured a wall of mud and water hitting a border crossing. The missing in Nepal include more than 100 from India and 12 from the UK.
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Strange isn't it that there are all those calls from right-wing influencers and libertarians on sm for Ukraine to hold elections in the middle of a war... but absolutely no calls for free and fair and transparent elections from the same people in the Russian dictatorship. Which is also at war.
The Fire Service need to remain until mid-September. Crews from almost 200 miles away have had to attend. The cost is enormous and is not sustainable. And another important natural area destroyed. Climate change is outpacing conservation. www.bbc.com/news/article...
In pictures: Scale of devastation after Holme Fen fire
Fire crews are due to remain at the site, near Peterborough, until at least mid-September.
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This - from the Private Eye's Eco Chamber/Wilbur - requires no explanation Pay attention @andyburnham.bsky.social
The reality of drought on clay soils in Oxon. Cracks this deep will take a year or more to close from my experience, even with lots of rain. Woodland flowers like primrose & dog's mercury look completely dead & the stress on this oak tree obvious in browned leaves, it's prob dying. Worse than 1976
Giant cuttlefish numbers collapse in Spencer Gulf by 97% That's not simply “natural variability” It's alarming It's disastrous A sentinel event It follows the climate-amplified, largest recorded, tragically harmful algal bloom in SA waters in 2025 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Giant cuttlefish population down by 97pc, SA count shows
An official government count reveals a devastating population crash.
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Laki@lakitukl.bsky.social · 2w agoThese are the stunning creatures whose numbers are down 97% this year. We've paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Sphecodes monilicornis (Box-headed Blood Bee), female. Seen @bbowt.bsky.social College Lake Reserve yesterday. A small, colourful bee with a large head!
Europeans named Sphaerocoris annulus the "Picasso bug", but the Zulu people have an older name for it: 'iCikwa', which means ~"the artist" for its elaborately painted shell. Let's learn about the Zulu hud bug, native to subtropical Africa. The art, it turns out, is a warning! (📷: Alandmanson)
BREAKING WINDOWS IS NOT TERRORISM 5 people may be sentenced for terrorism tomorrow for taking action with Palestine Action in 2024, despite being charged and convicted for criminal damage. This is an abuse of democracy. Defend our rights and freedoms: wedonotcomply.org