Dan Paris
@danparis.bsky.social
Director of Policy and Engagement at @scotlink.bsky.social. Interested in the environment, and other things.
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Evergreen front page headline from the Grauniad
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Evergreen front page headline from the Grauniad
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Thinking about my own father, who arrived in 1946 with the Free Polish Army - when would Labour have sent him back to communist Poland? How could he have done anything to build a life and have children in the UK if he had had to beg to stay every two years? Disgusting. www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Thinking about my own father, who arrived in 1946 with the Free Polish Army - when would Labour have sent him back to communist Poland? How could he have done anything to build a life and have children in the UK if he had had to beg to stay every two years? Disgusting. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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One in nine species in Scotland is at risk of extinction. We can change this. 🏴
The Natural Environment Bill is our chance to set binding targets to restore nature.
Take 30 seconds to email your MSPs here: scotlink.eaction.online/targets
#Scotland #NatureRestoration #NaturalEnvironmentBill
The Natural Environment Bill is our chance to set binding targets to restore nature.
Take 30 seconds to email your MSPs here: scotlink.eaction.online/targets
#Scotland #NatureRestoration #NaturalEnvironmentBill
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
One in nine species in Scotland is at risk of extinction. We can change this. 🏴
The Natural Environment Bill is our chance to set binding targets to restore nature.
Take 30 seconds to email your MSPs here: scotlink.eaction.online/targets
#Scotland #NatureRestoration #NaturalEnvironmentBill
The Natural Environment Bill is our chance to set binding targets to restore nature.
Take 30 seconds to email your MSPs here: scotlink.eaction.online/targets
#Scotland #NatureRestoration #NaturalEnvironmentBill
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by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
Really great discussion at SNP conference on climate and nature policy - Scotland needs strong leadership and a real focus on delivery in the next parliament.
Great to have a full house for our event at #SNP25 on credible climate and nature leadership with
@alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social,
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social
@alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social,
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Really great discussion at SNP conference on climate and nature policy - Scotland needs strong leadership and a real focus on delivery in the next parliament.
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Great to have a full house for our event at #SNP25 on credible climate and nature leadership with
@alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social,
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social
@alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social,
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Great to have a full house for our event at #SNP25 on credible climate and nature leadership with
@alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social,
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social
@alasdairallanmsp.bsky.social, @scotlink.bsky.social,
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social and @climateoutreach.bsky.social
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The SNP and Labour have been warned that abandoning environmentally-friendly policies will lose them votes according to new polling
SNP and Labour warned that ditching eco policies will cost them votes
www.thenational.scot
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The SNP and Labour have been warned that abandoning environmentally-friendly policies will lose them votes according to new polling
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In Scotland we’re known for braving the cold, battling the wind and pretending it’s ‘taps aff’ weather at 12°C. But there’s one thing we won’t just tough out - losing Scotland’s wild places.
It’s in our nature to act. Sign our petition and stand up for nature: www.wwf.org.uk/scotland/202... ✏️
It’s in our nature to act. Sign our petition and stand up for nature: www.wwf.org.uk/scotland/202... ✏️
October 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
In Scotland we’re known for braving the cold, battling the wind and pretending it’s ‘taps aff’ weather at 12°C. But there’s one thing we won’t just tough out - losing Scotland’s wild places.
It’s in our nature to act. Sign our petition and stand up for nature: www.wwf.org.uk/scotland/202... ✏️
It’s in our nature to act. Sign our petition and stand up for nature: www.wwf.org.uk/scotland/202... ✏️
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Conservatives have vowed to scrap the UK Climate Change Act if they come to power. SCCS chair Mike Robinson says scrapping the targets would be "an abandonment" of the science, economics, morality and reality of climate change.
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-cl...
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-cl...
Scotland’s climate coalition condemns Conservative plans to scrap the UK’s Climate Change Act - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Scotland’s climate coalition has hit out at plans by the Conservatives to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act. Stop Climate Chaos Scotland chair Mike Robinson has said: “Scrapping the legislation would...
www.stopclimatechaos.scot
October 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Conservatives have vowed to scrap the UK Climate Change Act if they come to power. SCCS chair Mike Robinson says scrapping the targets would be "an abandonment" of the science, economics, morality and reality of climate change.
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-cl...
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/scotlands-cl...
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Scrapping the Climate Change Act would be an act of national self-harm🚨
It inspired laws across the globe, billions in green investment, and a promise to protect future generations🌱
That promise must not be broken⛓️💥
Read more👇
www.wcl.org.uk/ripping-up-c...
#ClimateChangeAct
It inspired laws across the globe, billions in green investment, and a promise to protect future generations🌱
That promise must not be broken⛓️💥
Read more👇
www.wcl.org.uk/ripping-up-c...
#ClimateChangeAct
Ripping up Climate Change Act would be an act of national self-harm
Ripping up Climate Change Act would be an act of national self-harm
www.wcl.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Scrapping the Climate Change Act would be an act of national self-harm🚨
It inspired laws across the globe, billions in green investment, and a promise to protect future generations🌱
That promise must not be broken⛓️💥
Read more👇
www.wcl.org.uk/ripping-up-c...
#ClimateChangeAct
It inspired laws across the globe, billions in green investment, and a promise to protect future generations🌱
That promise must not be broken⛓️💥
Read more👇
www.wcl.org.uk/ripping-up-c...
#ClimateChangeAct
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We're pleased that the @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature.
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
October 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We're pleased that the @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature.
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign.
Read more:
www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...
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We are so humiliatingly deep into tinpot dictatorship territory. The government has just brokered the coerced sale of a major media platform to an ally of the president, who is openly boasting about converting it into (even more of) a partisan propaganda outlet.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We are so humiliatingly deep into tinpot dictatorship territory. The government has just brokered the coerced sale of a major media platform to an ally of the president, who is openly boasting about converting it into (even more of) a partisan propaganda outlet.
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Some hopeful weekend reading.
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond
An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Some hopeful weekend reading.
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
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What passed for consensus on climate was always pretty thin. But the right's utter abandonment of the issue puts fossil fuel industry profits ahead of planetary survival.
Scottish and UK Governments must not follow them. New extraction must end, and polluters must pay.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish and UK Governments must not follow them. New extraction must end, and polluters must pay.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would
www.bbc.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
What passed for consensus on climate was always pretty thin. But the right's utter abandonment of the issue puts fossil fuel industry profits ahead of planetary survival.
Scottish and UK Governments must not follow them. New extraction must end, and polluters must pay.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish and UK Governments must not follow them. New extraction must end, and polluters must pay.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A valuable thread pointing out that, despite wall-to-wall media coverage, Britain's far-right anti-migrant protests are mostly tiny, and some _don't even exist_.
This is possible. But it is a very weak basis for a frontpage splash, learning absolutely nothing from credulous media reporting two weekends ago of a wave of protests that barely happened
August 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A valuable thread pointing out that, despite wall-to-wall media coverage, Britain's far-right anti-migrant protests are mostly tiny, and some _don't even exist_.
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The laziness and implied bias of the BBC here is extreme - "No 10 did not comment" presumably because the CPS and courts are independent, but there's no attempt to find anyone who would argue the opposite view, just the unchallenged whine of someone who called for asylum seekers to be burnt to death
what the fuck is this headline from the BBC, I feel like I'm losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lucy Connolly says she was political prisoner over Southport post
She gives her first newspaper interview after being released from prison.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The laziness and implied bias of the BBC here is extreme - "No 10 did not comment" presumably because the CPS and courts are independent, but there's no attempt to find anyone who would argue the opposite view, just the unchallenged whine of someone who called for asylum seekers to be burnt to death
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Why has it taken a decade to exhume the bodies of the 800 dead babies of Tuam? | Caelainn Hogan
Why has it taken a decade to exhume the bodies of the 800 dead babies of Tuam? | Caelainn Hogan
The mass exhumation in Ireland is vindication for campaigners – but their battle for justice is far from over, says Irish journalist Caelainn Hogan
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Why has it taken a decade to exhume the bodies of the 800 dead babies of Tuam? | Caelainn Hogan
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Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
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"There are hundreds of people roaming the streets of #Srebrenica who are war criminals."
Today is the 30th anniversary of the #SrebrenicaGenocide. This outstanding report by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social is worth a re-read every so often. theferret.scot/mourning-in-...
Today is the 30th anniversary of the #SrebrenicaGenocide. This outstanding report by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social is worth a re-read every so often. theferret.scot/mourning-in-...
July 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"There are hundreds of people roaming the streets of #Srebrenica who are war criminals."
Today is the 30th anniversary of the #SrebrenicaGenocide. This outstanding report by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social is worth a re-read every so often. theferret.scot/mourning-in-...
Today is the 30th anniversary of the #SrebrenicaGenocide. This outstanding report by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social is worth a re-read every so often. theferret.scot/mourning-in-...
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Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says Office for Budget Responsibility
#climatecrisis
Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...
#climatecrisis
Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...
OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly - Carbon Brief
Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of climate change far more severe.
www.carbonbrief.org
July 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says Office for Budget Responsibility
#climatecrisis
Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...
#climatecrisis
Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...
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NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
www.ft.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
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Interesting new study from @smfthinktank.bsky.social finds a correlation between car dependency & loneliness, particularly in rural towns.
This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
People lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependancy and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Interesting new study from @smfthinktank.bsky.social finds a correlation between car dependency & loneliness, particularly in rural towns.
This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
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BBC News front page right now
June 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
BBC News front page right now