Cath Martin 59
@cathmartin59.bsky.social
Books, walking, dog owner,climate, renewables, community energy, Green Party, Humanist, traditional music, NHS, Byline Times supporter.
Views my own.
Views my own.
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No human is illegal. It is not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here, no matter the circumstances.
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
No human is illegal. It is not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here, no matter the circumstances.
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The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
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Another brilliant, yet cold Action Day, out and about in Crystal Palace and Anerley delivering our Community Newsletter, letting local residents know what our campaigners have been up to and talking about issues residents say matter most.
💚 Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
#CrystalPalace #Anerley
💚 Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
#CrystalPalace #Anerley
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Another brilliant, yet cold Action Day, out and about in Crystal Palace and Anerley delivering our Community Newsletter, letting local residents know what our campaigners have been up to and talking about issues residents say matter most.
💚 Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
#CrystalPalace #Anerley
💚 Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
#CrystalPalace #Anerley
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Flower Still Life, 1669 (detail) by Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwijck #womensart
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Flower Still Life, 1669 (detail) by Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwijck #womensart
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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Rise of @greenparty.org.uk continues. Listen to the deafening silence in the media that enthusiastically reported the rise of Reform when it hit similar voting figures.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Rise of @greenparty.org.uk continues. Listen to the deafening silence in the media that enthusiastically reported the rise of Reform when it hit similar voting figures.
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Do you agree with your Governments latest policies?
You have not said much @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
You have not said much @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect. A city where a council estate kid with immigrant parents can become Mayor.
That’s the reason some don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed.
That’s the reason some don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed.
'London is world's best city - people claiming it's lawless hate its success'
'The fact that London has again been crowned greatest city in the world disproves everything our critics claim, and they can’t stand it', the London Mayor Sadiq Khan writes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Do you agree with your Governments latest policies?
You have not said much @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
You have not said much @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
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GCSE RS teachers, it's not to late to sign-up for this week's webinar! Join us on Thursday for CPD on improving pupils' responses on non-religious worldviews. Find out more and register below. understandinghumanism.org.uk/training/
Understanding Humanism teacher training
We deliver teacher training about humanism to help with subject knowledge and practical ideas for the classroom. We can offer training as part of initial teacher training (ITT) and for continued profe...
understandinghumanism.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
GCSE RS teachers, it's not to late to sign-up for this week's webinar! Join us on Thursday for CPD on improving pupils' responses on non-religious worldviews. Find out more and register below. understandinghumanism.org.uk/training/
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Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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This is the new image I meant to put as main pic. It shows the change in Thiel's holdings. Those letters NVDA stand for Nvidia and the words next to it are self-explanatory "SOLD ALL".
Thiel, the closest thing that Silicon Valley has to a bond villain, has pumped & dumped. So...what happens next?!?
Thiel, the closest thing that Silicon Valley has to a bond villain, has pumped & dumped. So...what happens next?!?
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is the new image I meant to put as main pic. It shows the change in Thiel's holdings. Those letters NVDA stand for Nvidia and the words next to it are self-explanatory "SOLD ALL".
Thiel, the closest thing that Silicon Valley has to a bond villain, has pumped & dumped. So...what happens next?!?
Thiel, the closest thing that Silicon Valley has to a bond villain, has pumped & dumped. So...what happens next?!?
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Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
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These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a gingko-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
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Yet again wind is the largest source of UK electricity, 41% this evening. via grid.iamkate.com #NetZero #LoveNetZero
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Yet again wind is the largest source of UK electricity, 41% this evening. via grid.iamkate.com #NetZero #LoveNetZero
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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This morning I played the Brahms Lullaby on ‘Broadcasting House’ on BBC Radio 4. Wishing everyone, everywhere calmer, more peaceful times.
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This morning I played the Brahms Lullaby on ‘Broadcasting House’ on BBC Radio 4. Wishing everyone, everywhere calmer, more peaceful times.
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The 'green surge' is real, its happening as so many volunteers came out today! 💚💫
Today, volunteers from Nottingham Green Party delivered leaflets in Berridge Ward with the aim of getting @councillorq.bsky.social, our first and (currently) only Green councillor re-elected in the coming local elections.
Want to help make a difference? Join us today!
join.greenparty.org.uk
Want to help make a difference? Join us today!
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The 'green surge' is real, its happening as so many volunteers came out today! 💚💫
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Check it! #COP30 #ActOnClimate #RenewableEnergy #Wind #Solar
Just 1% of #coastal #waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? theconversation.com/just-1-of-co...
Just 1% of #coastal #waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? theconversation.com/just-1-of-co...
Just 1% of coastal waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time?
Offshore wind and solar have tremendous potential but still face many challenges – new study.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Check it! #COP30 #ActOnClimate #RenewableEnergy #Wind #Solar
Just 1% of #coastal #waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? theconversation.com/just-1-of-co...
Just 1% of #coastal #waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? theconversation.com/just-1-of-co...
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Time to join the Greens and stop Reform in Worcester: join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Time to join the Greens and stop Reform in Worcester: join.greenparty.org.uk
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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This is one helluva factcheck from the wonderful Emma Monk.
It's 26 posts, but stick with it because it contains all the key features of how the far right spread their poison in the UK, exemplifying the role played by our far right legacy media (esp the Express & Mail).
Knowledge is power.
It's 26 posts, but stick with it because it contains all the key features of how the far right spread their poison in the UK, exemplifying the role played by our far right legacy media (esp the Express & Mail).
Knowledge is power.
I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is one helluva factcheck from the wonderful Emma Monk.
It's 26 posts, but stick with it because it contains all the key features of how the far right spread their poison in the UK, exemplifying the role played by our far right legacy media (esp the Express & Mail).
Knowledge is power.
It's 26 posts, but stick with it because it contains all the key features of how the far right spread their poison in the UK, exemplifying the role played by our far right legacy media (esp the Express & Mail).
Knowledge is power.
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Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
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What an experience for all of us.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What an experience for all of us.
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Shall we run a national poll, Liz, on who the British public respects more… you or the BBC?
I don’t think you’d actually register a percentage.
I don’t think you’d actually register a percentage.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Shall we run a national poll, Liz, on who the British public respects more… you or the BBC?
I don’t think you’d actually register a percentage.
I don’t think you’d actually register a percentage.