Barry Cusack
@barrycusack.bsky.social
Desperate to leave the world in a better state than I found it...
#ThereIsNoPlanetB #SocialJustice #Equality #Peace
#ThereIsNoPlanetB #SocialJustice #Equality #Peace
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Barry Cusack
@barrycusack.bsky.social
· Apr 22
This is #Bradford city centre post pedestrianisation... and it's beautiful 🥰
#BeMoreBradford
#PlacesForPeople & #Nature 🐝 🦋 🐦
#BeMoreBradford
#PlacesForPeople & #Nature 🐝 🦋 🐦
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – as it happened
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
"#Bradford's Clean Air Zone (CAZ) delivers authority £180m savings "
environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...
#CleanAir #Health #Economy
environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...
#CleanAir #Health #Economy
City of Bradford Clean Air Zone delivers authority £180m savings
According to one assessment, the emissions-reducing policy has also boosted productivity. York University’s study of Bradford’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) claims a £180.84million boost to the regional econ...
environmentjournal.online
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"#Bradford's Clean Air Zone (CAZ) delivers authority £180m savings "
environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...
#CleanAir #Health #Economy
environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...
#CleanAir #Health #Economy
Protesting against a #genocide shoyld not be deemed a crime in any decent democratic society...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Save protesters at risk of imminent death
Palestine Action hunger strikers are days from death. He must urgently intervene to prevent their deaths.
secure.avaaz.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Protesting against a #genocide shoyld not be deemed a crime in any decent democratic society...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
With #HSBC?
Ditch them and switch to a bank that isn't investing in the destruction of your future (e.g. Triodos, Co-op or Nationwide)
#BankGreen #MoveYourMoney!
www.banktrack.org/article/bank...
Ditch them and switch to a bank that isn't investing in the destruction of your future (e.g. Triodos, Co-op or Nationwide)
#BankGreen #MoveYourMoney!
www.banktrack.org/article/bank...
Bank policy scan: HSBC accelerates backsliding on fossil fuel commitments
The policy change On November 6, 2025, HSBC (UK) updated its Sustainability Risk Policies Framework, rolling back several fossil fuel–related commitments. The previous version dated from…
www.banktrack.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
With #HSBC?
Ditch them and switch to a bank that isn't investing in the destruction of your future (e.g. Triodos, Co-op or Nationwide)
#BankGreen #MoveYourMoney!
www.banktrack.org/article/bank...
Ditch them and switch to a bank that isn't investing in the destruction of your future (e.g. Triodos, Co-op or Nationwide)
#BankGreen #MoveYourMoney!
www.banktrack.org/article/bank...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
We really need to ensure that sustainable lighting doesn't fuel the #InsectApocalypse...
Good guide below and excellent webinar on #LightPollution here:
youtu.be/qLhnEXAtUos?...
#Biodiversity
Good guide below and excellent webinar on #LightPollution here:
youtu.be/qLhnEXAtUos?...
#Biodiversity
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We really need to ensure that sustainable lighting doesn't fuel the #InsectApocalypse...
Good guide below and excellent webinar on #LightPollution here:
youtu.be/qLhnEXAtUos?...
#Biodiversity
Good guide below and excellent webinar on #LightPollution here:
youtu.be/qLhnEXAtUos?...
#Biodiversity
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
Erm...
Time to #ActOnClimate and phase out #FossilFuels perhaps...? 🤔
#Economy #Security #ClimateChange
Time to #ActOnClimate and phase out #FossilFuels perhaps...? 🤔
#Economy #Security #ClimateChange
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Erm...
Time to #ActOnClimate and phase out #FossilFuels perhaps...? 🤔
#Economy #Security #ClimateChange
Time to #ActOnClimate and phase out #FossilFuels perhaps...? 🤔
#Economy #Security #ClimateChange
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Reposted by Barry Cusack
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
This is very concerning, yet sadly unsurprising...
Oligarch-owned #SocialMedia (he says whilst posting on social media) is destroying truth, and with it our democracies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #TechBros #Musk #X #FaceBook #Insta
Oligarch-owned #SocialMedia (he says whilst posting on social media) is destroying truth, and with it our democracies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #TechBros #Musk #X #FaceBook #Insta
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is very concerning, yet sadly unsurprising...
Oligarch-owned #SocialMedia (he says whilst posting on social media) is destroying truth, and with it our democracies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #TechBros #Musk #X #FaceBook #Insta
Oligarch-owned #SocialMedia (he says whilst posting on social media) is destroying truth, and with it our democracies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #TechBros #Musk #X #FaceBook #Insta
Guess what!? 🤔
Everything's connected.
We must recognise this fact and act on all three key threats to our existence both urgently and simultaneously.
Thanks to @oecd-env.bsky.social for recognising and highlighting this.
#ClimateChange 🌎 #Pollution 😷 #Biodiversity 🍃
Everything's connected.
We must recognise this fact and act on all three key threats to our existence both urgently and simultaneously.
Thanks to @oecd-env.bsky.social for recognising and highlighting this.
#ClimateChange 🌎 #Pollution 😷 #Biodiversity 🍃
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Guess what!? 🤔
Everything's connected.
We must recognise this fact and act on all three key threats to our existence both urgently and simultaneously.
Thanks to @oecd-env.bsky.social for recognising and highlighting this.
#ClimateChange 🌎 #Pollution 😷 #Biodiversity 🍃
Everything's connected.
We must recognise this fact and act on all three key threats to our existence both urgently and simultaneously.
Thanks to @oecd-env.bsky.social for recognising and highlighting this.
#ClimateChange 🌎 #Pollution 😷 #Biodiversity 🍃
J'adore ❤️!
#ZeroEmissions sailboat to France with a bike! And all for £75!
What's not to like? 🤷🏻♂️
I will definitely be trying this out ✅️
www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazi...
#France 🇫🇷 by #Boat ⛵️ and #Bike 🚴🏻♂️
#SustainableTravel #ClimateChange
#ZeroEmissions sailboat to France with a bike! And all for £75!
What's not to like? 🤷🏻♂️
I will definitely be trying this out ✅️
www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazi...
#France 🇫🇷 by #Boat ⛵️ and #Bike 🚴🏻♂️
#SustainableTravel #ClimateChange
Travellers’ tales: Exploring France by boat and bike
Not a fan of fume-filled large ferries, Cycling UK member Chris Read found a sail-powered boat was an excellent alternative for a short trip to France with his Brompton
www.cyclinguk.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
J'adore ❤️!
#ZeroEmissions sailboat to France with a bike! And all for £75!
What's not to like? 🤷🏻♂️
I will definitely be trying this out ✅️
www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazi...
#France 🇫🇷 by #Boat ⛵️ and #Bike 🚴🏻♂️
#SustainableTravel #ClimateChange
#ZeroEmissions sailboat to France with a bike! And all for £75!
What's not to like? 🤷🏻♂️
I will definitely be trying this out ✅️
www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazi...
#France 🇫🇷 by #Boat ⛵️ and #Bike 🚴🏻♂️
#SustainableTravel #ClimateChange
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Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
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Reposted by Barry Cusack
It's almost like it's the thuggery that draws them to the Bond-villain billionaire-backed hate sprees...
#LampPostShagger
#LampPostShagger
Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's almost like it's the thuggery that draws them to the Bond-villain billionaire-backed hate sprees...
#LampPostShagger
#LampPostShagger
Just discovered how much #ethical footwear there is out there... 🙂
@immaculatevegan.bsky.social being just one good place to look 👇🏻
immaculatevegan.com/collections/...
#Shoes #Clothes #ClimateChange #AnimalCruelty
@immaculatevegan.bsky.social being just one good place to look 👇🏻
immaculatevegan.com/collections/...
#Shoes #Clothes #ClimateChange #AnimalCruelty
Men's Vegan Boots
Shop men's vegan leather boots. Wide range of ethical leather products. Support ethical fashion brands. Global shipping available.
immaculatevegan.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just discovered how much #ethical footwear there is out there... 🙂
@immaculatevegan.bsky.social being just one good place to look 👇🏻
immaculatevegan.com/collections/...
#Shoes #Clothes #ClimateChange #AnimalCruelty
@immaculatevegan.bsky.social being just one good place to look 👇🏻
immaculatevegan.com/collections/...
#Shoes #Clothes #ClimateChange #AnimalCruelty
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
I missed this in the summer, but it's just as good now...
The Travel Show, Rebranding Bradford:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dgfp
via @bbciplayer.bsky.social
#UKCityOfCulture #BeMoreBradford #Bradford
@bradford2025.co.uk @visitbradford.bsky.social
The Travel Show, Rebranding Bradford:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dgfp
via @bbciplayer.bsky.social
#UKCityOfCulture #BeMoreBradford #Bradford
@bradford2025.co.uk @visitbradford.bsky.social
The Travel Show - Rebranding Bradford
The Travel Show heads to Bradford, the current UK City of Culture, as it plans to host over a thousand arts and culture events throughout 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I missed this in the summer, but it's just as good now...
The Travel Show, Rebranding Bradford:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dgfp
via @bbciplayer.bsky.social
#UKCityOfCulture #BeMoreBradford #Bradford
@bradford2025.co.uk @visitbradford.bsky.social
The Travel Show, Rebranding Bradford:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dgfp
via @bbciplayer.bsky.social
#UKCityOfCulture #BeMoreBradford #Bradford
@bradford2025.co.uk @visitbradford.bsky.social
My god 🙄
Meat industry lobbyists mirroring smoking and big oil lobbyists, and with similar success...
As with smoking though, the truth will out eventually, and change will come.
Industrial scale #Meat = #ClimateChange
#PlantBased #PlanetFriendlyFood
Meat industry lobbyists mirroring smoking and big oil lobbyists, and with similar success...
As with smoking though, the truth will out eventually, and change will come.
Industrial scale #Meat = #ClimateChange
#PlantBased #PlanetFriendlyFood
European meat industry lobbying extends its footprint to the UK as terms like 'veggie burger' to be banned n order to protect meat sales
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My god 🙄
Meat industry lobbyists mirroring smoking and big oil lobbyists, and with similar success...
As with smoking though, the truth will out eventually, and change will come.
Industrial scale #Meat = #ClimateChange
#PlantBased #PlanetFriendlyFood
Meat industry lobbyists mirroring smoking and big oil lobbyists, and with similar success...
As with smoking though, the truth will out eventually, and change will come.
Industrial scale #Meat = #ClimateChange
#PlantBased #PlanetFriendlyFood