Laura Sykes
@greeneralia.bsky.social
Aiming to share next task in #ClimateMitigation:
helping to spread the what-is-to-be-done message beyond the professionals to every human being on the planet by linking the thinkers and the doers?
Greeneralia.net
(Feedback welcome)
helping to spread the what-is-to-be-done message beyond the professionals to every human being on the planet by linking the thinkers and the doers?
Greeneralia.net
(Feedback welcome)
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#Writers BEWARE: I have just been followed by a group of "new #authors" probing me about my projects — all using the exact same words:
"Hello! Are you also a new author? I really enjoy connecting with fellow writers and hearing about their projects."
The AI bots are attempting to groom us. (BLOCK)
"Hello! Are you also a new author? I really enjoy connecting with fellow writers and hearing about their projects."
The AI bots are attempting to groom us. (BLOCK)
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hilaire Belloc knew what to do with the likes of #PrinceAndrew: www.poetry-archive.com/b/lord_lundy/
'My language fails - go out & govern New South Wales!'
NSW being no longer available, what about #Rockall,
"the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
'My language fails - go out & govern New South Wales!'
NSW being no longer available, what about #Rockall,
"the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
Lord Lundy, by Hilaire Belloc
Complete text of the poem by Hilaire Belloc.
www.poetry-archive.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Hilaire Belloc knew what to do with the likes of #PrinceAndrew: www.poetry-archive.com/b/lord_lundy/
'My language fails - go out & govern New South Wales!'
NSW being no longer available, what about #Rockall,
"the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
'My language fails - go out & govern New South Wales!'
NSW being no longer available, what about #Rockall,
"the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
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“Efforts to protect forests don’t stand a chance as long as our economic system keeps rewarding quick profits from forest destruction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Efforts to protect forests don’t stand a chance as long as our economic system keeps rewarding quick profits from forest destruction”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I'm delighted by this news.
If a 4 hour queue does not speed up the general desire in the UK to return to the EU fold (if they will have us), I will be amazed...
If a 4 hour queue does not speed up the general desire in the UK to return to the EU fold (if they will have us), I will be amazed...
UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
October 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I'm delighted by this news.
If a 4 hour queue does not speed up the general desire in the UK to return to the EU fold (if they will have us), I will be amazed...
If a 4 hour queue does not speed up the general desire in the UK to return to the EU fold (if they will have us), I will be amazed...
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Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
I suggest waiting until after the next election before taking this any further?
#ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter?
#ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter?
To Survive, the United Nations Must Leave America prosyn.org/wBt1zm7
To Survive, the United Nations Must Leave America
Carl Bildt sees a change in headquarters as an unfortunate but necessary step for the embattled institution.
prosyn.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I suggest waiting until after the next election before taking this any further?
#ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter?
#ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter?
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"we identify areas where relatively few tree species will be exposed to novel climatic conditions. These can serve as climate refugia for tree species in a rapidly changing world. It’s important that we protect these areas from destruction from deforestation and logging"
nat.au.dk/en/about-the...
nat.au.dk/en/about-the...
Climate change is on track to shift key tree species like beech and Norway spruce north: European forests will be completely changed by the year 2100.
In just a few decades, the climate in many of the world’s forests will be so changed that many trees will have difficulty surviving. For example, in wide parts of lowland Central Europe, there is a ri...
nat.au.dk
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"we identify areas where relatively few tree species will be exposed to novel climatic conditions. These can serve as climate refugia for tree species in a rapidly changing world. It’s important that we protect these areas from destruction from deforestation and logging"
nat.au.dk/en/about-the...
nat.au.dk/en/about-the...
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I see massive opportunity for more of us to show that going #vegan IS doable. #ClimateInfluence
“'If you want people to change their lifestyle habits, then you need to emphasize convenience and reduce barriers,' Goldwert says;..." Seth Millstein @sentientmedia.org
sentientmedia.org/people-misju...
“'If you want people to change their lifestyle habits, then you need to emphasize convenience and reduce barriers,' Goldwert says;..." Seth Millstein @sentientmedia.org
sentientmedia.org/people-misju...
People Dramatically Misjudge the Climate Impacts of Their Actions, Research Shows
Recycling is easier than going vegan, but it’s also a lot less effective.
sentientmedia.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I see massive opportunity for more of us to show that going #vegan IS doable. #ClimateInfluence
“'If you want people to change their lifestyle habits, then you need to emphasize convenience and reduce barriers,' Goldwert says;..." Seth Millstein @sentientmedia.org
sentientmedia.org/people-misju...
“'If you want people to change their lifestyle habits, then you need to emphasize convenience and reduce barriers,' Goldwert says;..." Seth Millstein @sentientmedia.org
sentientmedia.org/people-misju...
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St Thomas’ is one of the world’s great hospitals. I lived in London & had friends work there. These are ppl who do everything to save lives. The account of a medic on duty during London’s Nazi march, recently, needs to be listened to. Labour sucking up to them, is &, was wrong. Just 9 arrests!
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
St Thomas’ is one of the world’s great hospitals. I lived in London & had friends work there. These are ppl who do everything to save lives. The account of a medic on duty during London’s Nazi march, recently, needs to be listened to. Labour sucking up to them, is &, was wrong. Just 9 arrests!
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
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Poland says it is facing up to 50 Russian sabotage attempts daily
Russian hackers target Polish hospitals and city water supply
www.ft.com/content/3e7c...
Russian hackers target Polish hospitals and city water supply
www.ft.com/content/3e7c...
Russian hackers target Polish hospitals and city water supply
Warsaw increases cyber security budget as Moscow makes up to 50 sabotage attempts a day, says minister
www.ft.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Poland says it is facing up to 50 Russian sabotage attempts daily
Russian hackers target Polish hospitals and city water supply
www.ft.com/content/3e7c...
Russian hackers target Polish hospitals and city water supply
www.ft.com/content/3e7c...
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One question I got a lot from Irish teens, when I’d teach about the Holocaust, was why the Nazis had ‘socialism’ in their name. I explained the received historical explanation. However, I think, based on UK contemporary English events that the decision was based, in part, on a different reason [1]
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One question I got a lot from Irish teens, when I’d teach about the Holocaust, was why the Nazis had ‘socialism’ in their name. I explained the received historical explanation. However, I think, based on UK contemporary English events that the decision was based, in part, on a different reason [1]
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The fortitude — no the *courage* — of these kids in this political climate is very moving.
apnews.com/article/yout...
apnews.com/article/yout...
Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they're challenging Trump's orders
Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda.
apnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The fortitude — no the *courage* — of these kids in this political climate is very moving.
apnews.com/article/yout...
apnews.com/article/yout...
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There are issues with the weak power grid outside Addis, and that will have to be built up. What could be a cheap source of electricity in the countryside? Hmmm…
(Also their economy would improve if their PM wasn’t a genocidal maniac)
(Also their economy would improve if their PM wasn’t a genocidal maniac)
September 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There are issues with the weak power grid outside Addis, and that will have to be built up. What could be a cheap source of electricity in the countryside? Hmmm…
(Also their economy would improve if their PM wasn’t a genocidal maniac)
(Also their economy would improve if their PM wasn’t a genocidal maniac)
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Today’s must-read feel-good article. The green transition won’t stop, no matter how much Trump wants it to, and it’ll make a lot of people’s lives better
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution
A country plagued by power cuts has become the first to ban imports of petrol and diesel cars, as a new dam brings hopes of cheap green energy
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today’s must-read feel-good article. The green transition won’t stop, no matter how much Trump wants it to, and it’ll make a lot of people’s lives better
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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🚶 Agroecology promotes reconnecting with the land.
💡 Learn more about Agroecology at "Grünhölzli - Community garden" at https://agroecologymap.org/l/493
#Agroecology #Agroecología #Agroecologia #Agroécologie #Agroökologie #Agroekologi #Agroøkologi
💡 Learn more about Agroecology at "Grünhölzli - Community garden" at https://agroecologymap.org/l/493
#Agroecology #Agroecología #Agroecologia #Agroécologie #Agroökologie #Agroekologi #Agroøkologi
September 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🚶 Agroecology promotes reconnecting with the land.
💡 Learn more about Agroecology at "Grünhölzli - Community garden" at https://agroecologymap.org/l/493
#Agroecology #Agroecología #Agroecologia #Agroécologie #Agroökologie #Agroekologi #Agroøkologi
💡 Learn more about Agroecology at "Grünhölzli - Community garden" at https://agroecologymap.org/l/493
#Agroecology #Agroecología #Agroecologia #Agroécologie #Agroökologie #Agroekologi #Agroøkologi
Brilliant timing on my part (I don't think). Mandelson has now been sacked, days before the state visit by the current US head of state.
I deeply regret this-I cannot think of any other potential Trump-charmers to succeed him (though we do have plenty of successful diplomats)
#UKUS #UKAmbassadorToUS
I deeply regret this-I cannot think of any other potential Trump-charmers to succeed him (though we do have plenty of successful diplomats)
#UKUS #UKAmbassadorToUS
Lord #Mandelson is exactly the right man to be the representative of the UK in Washington during a #Trump presidency.
We know he is not himself a paedophile: his fault is not to have dropped #Epstein earlier.
But this is the US now - no career diplomat needed
(his deputy will fill that role fine).
We know he is not himself a paedophile: his fault is not to have dropped #Epstein earlier.
But this is the US now - no career diplomat needed
(his deputy will fill that role fine).
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Brilliant timing on my part (I don't think). Mandelson has now been sacked, days before the state visit by the current US head of state.
I deeply regret this-I cannot think of any other potential Trump-charmers to succeed him (though we do have plenty of successful diplomats)
#UKUS #UKAmbassadorToUS
I deeply regret this-I cannot think of any other potential Trump-charmers to succeed him (though we do have plenty of successful diplomats)
#UKUS #UKAmbassadorToUS
Lord #Mandelson is exactly the right man to be the representative of the UK in Washington during a #Trump presidency.
We know he is not himself a paedophile: his fault is not to have dropped #Epstein earlier.
But this is the US now - no career diplomat needed
(his deputy will fill that role fine).
We know he is not himself a paedophile: his fault is not to have dropped #Epstein earlier.
But this is the US now - no career diplomat needed
(his deputy will fill that role fine).
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Lord #Mandelson is exactly the right man to be the representative of the UK in Washington during a #Trump presidency.
We know he is not himself a paedophile: his fault is not to have dropped #Epstein earlier.
But this is the US now - no career diplomat needed
(his deputy will fill that role fine).
We know he is not himself a paedophile: his fault is not to have dropped #Epstein earlier.
But this is the US now - no career diplomat needed
(his deputy will fill that role fine).
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Immigration is the trojan horse Farage uses to get people to vote against their own best interests.
His real agenda for leaving the ECHR ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/d-mo...
His real agenda for leaving the ECHR ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/d-mo...
It would be very difficult/impossible to deliver a trumpian hellscape in the UK while we have the ECHR protecting us.
Outside it, we are well & truly fair game.
Which is why billionaire disaster capitalists & asset strippers are flocking to Farage.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...
Outside it, we are well & truly fair game.
Which is why billionaire disaster capitalists & asset strippers are flocking to Farage.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...
‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Immigration is the trojan horse Farage uses to get people to vote against their own best interests.
His real agenda for leaving the ECHR ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/d-mo...
His real agenda for leaving the ECHR ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/d-mo...
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This is the coolest man in the UK.
It's not even close.
It's not even close.
September 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is the coolest man in the UK.
It's not even close.
It's not even close.
These don't look rotten, they look dead from lack of water?
Where are the red Make America Great Again hats out in the fields? You know, the same people who swore immigrants were “taking their jobs.”
Keep snatching hard-working folks who are just trying to support their families and don’t be shocked when this becomes the new norm.
Keep snatching hard-working folks who are just trying to support their families and don’t be shocked when this becomes the new norm.
September 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
These don't look rotten, they look dead from lack of water?
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@realityclimatique.bsky.social @desmog.com @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social @ecofriendlywest.bsky.social @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @climateinstitute.bsky.social @myzerocarbon.org
This month's guest is one of the world's TOP urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social! We talk suburbs, #sprawl, #BikeLanes, why smart #CityBuilding is the common sense climate solution & the awesome responsibility of the city councils we elect. #yyc #yyccc www.podcastics.com/episode/3796...
Brent Toderian & the Common Sense of Climate Smart Cities
Why urban design is a force multiplier in the fight against climate change
www.podcastics.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM