@flyingsparkes.bsky.social
Ex-science teacher and Head of Dept. Now working at UEA on PGCE delivery. Green Party and striving for lower impact living.
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A new Ipsos poll has the Green Party on 15%, the highest figure ever recorded for the Greens by Ipsos!
Labour have fallen to 18%, which is their lowest figure recorded by Ipsos since May 2009. Yikes.
Labour have fallen to 18%, which is their lowest figure recorded by Ipsos since May 2009. Yikes.
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A new Ipsos poll has the Green Party on 15%, the highest figure ever recorded for the Greens by Ipsos!
Labour have fallen to 18%, which is their lowest figure recorded by Ipsos since May 2009. Yikes.
Labour have fallen to 18%, which is their lowest figure recorded by Ipsos since May 2009. Yikes.
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“Climate change is already biting.”
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
Outgoing Broads boss: the unstoppable rise of the waters
Outgoing Broads Authority chief executive John Packman warns climate change is “already biting” as rising seas threaten Norfolk’s wetlands
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Climate change is already biting.”
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
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Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Worth following Zack everyone. He has a lot to say. Make hope normal again. #hope
I mean I barely go on Bluesky myself ( joking!!) but congrats
to @zackpolanski.bsky.social getting an incredible 50K followers by the end of today !!
Zack has a warm and inclusive presence on bsky and models the proper way to do Social Media business.
Thanks Zack!
#greensky
to @zackpolanski.bsky.social getting an incredible 50K followers by the end of today !!
Zack has a warm and inclusive presence on bsky and models the proper way to do Social Media business.
Thanks Zack!
#greensky
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Worth following Zack everyone. He has a lot to say. Make hope normal again. #hope
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
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Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
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As she puts it: “I still prefer quieter roads or cycle lanes, and the low-traffic neighbourhoods in Haringey and Hackney really helped me start.”
“For once, I wasn’t waiting to be moved, I was moving myself. I felt like a kid again.”
3/7
“For once, I wasn’t waiting to be moved, I was moving myself. I felt like a kid again.”
3/7
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As she puts it: “I still prefer quieter roads or cycle lanes, and the low-traffic neighbourhoods in Haringey and Hackney really helped me start.”
“For once, I wasn’t waiting to be moved, I was moving myself. I felt like a kid again.”
3/7
“For once, I wasn’t waiting to be moved, I was moving myself. I felt like a kid again.”
3/7
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Brilliant to see my daughter Sabine’s first article in print in the Ham & High www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/255880..., telling her story about the day she stopped waiting for the bus – and started saving £1,000 a year.
1/7
1/7
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Brilliant to see my daughter Sabine’s first article in print in the Ham & High www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/255880..., telling her story about the day she stopped waiting for the bus – and started saving £1,000 a year.
1/7
1/7
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Our helpline is here for you this weekend 💙
Whether you’re overwhelmed or just need someone to talk to, we’re here to listen.
📞 08000 562 561
Whether you’re overwhelmed or just need someone to talk to, we’re here to listen.
📞 08000 562 561
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our helpline is here for you this weekend 💙
Whether you’re overwhelmed or just need someone to talk to, we’re here to listen.
📞 08000 562 561
Whether you’re overwhelmed or just need someone to talk to, we’re here to listen.
📞 08000 562 561
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Man's saying the right things, and he's doing it with *swag.
This is politics for people with blood still flowing through their veins, young and old.
This is politics for people with blood still flowing through their veins, young and old.
"This energy!!!" 👏👏👏👏
Zack Polanski joins Rizzle Kicks out on stage in Bristol
Zack Polanski joins Rizzle Kicks out on stage in Bristol
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Man's saying the right things, and he's doing it with *swag.
This is politics for people with blood still flowing through their veins, young and old.
This is politics for people with blood still flowing through their veins, young and old.
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Greens are Very popular in Herefordshire.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Greens are Very popular in Herefordshire.
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The artwork of Jackie Morris, Wales based award-winning writer, artist and illustrator #womensart
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The artwork of Jackie Morris, Wales based award-winning writer, artist and illustrator #womensart
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If you're sickened by Labour whipping its MPs to vote down amendments that might have made the Planning & Infrastructure Bill less destructive to nature & wildlife...
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you're sickened by Labour whipping its MPs to vote down amendments that might have made the Planning & Infrastructure Bill less destructive to nature & wildlife...
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
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"In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth."
https://bit.ly/49jRoi1
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth."
https://bit.ly/49jRoi1
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth."
https://bit.ly/49jRoi1
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth."
https://bit.ly/49jRoi1
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This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I think somehow it's going to take a lot more then that.
But yes, that would be welcome.
But yes, that would be welcome.
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I think somehow it's going to take a lot more then that.
But yes, that would be welcome.
But yes, that would be welcome.
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Add together the Scots, and the English & Welsh Greens, and you find there are a truly phenomenal number of members joining up to the Green family.
Together we can change everything.
Together we can change everything.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Add together the Scots, and the English & Welsh Greens, and you find there are a truly phenomenal number of members joining up to the Green family.
Together we can change everything.
Together we can change everything.
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
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The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5°C with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5°C with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
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The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski