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Jacob Heringman
@jacobheringman.bsky.social
musician, book lover, non-flyer
https://www.heringman.com
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Watch now: I joined @billmckibben.bsky.social and Brian McLaren, with host John Izzo, to explore why humanity has stalled on #climate action - and what must happen now.

Full discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox-n...

www.youtube.com/shorts/L0gEA...
Why renewables need to be 'ruggedized' | Bill McKibben & Rupert Read
This quick exchange taken from 'Climate Crossroads' recorded Dec 4th, where host John Izzo sits down with Bill McKibben, Brian McLaren, and Dr. Rupert Read to explore why humanity has stalled on…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Self promo is my bane; it makes me feel like an immense tit when I post stuff about my writing (thanks to upbringing - never blow your own horn), but it is increasingly apparent that all it means is that I'm utterly invisible as a writer...

So, anyway.

I have books and stories out there.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🖤
September 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Let's say it again, "the economy" is entirely dependent on the environment.

No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves to cut ‘bats and newts’ in boost to developers
Chancellor considers making it harder for concerns about nature to stand in the way of infrastructure projects, in an effort to boost the economy
www.thetimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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We're not kidding! Letting the goats out could reduce the use of pesticides - our latest on the campaign to stop spraying public spaces with #glyphosate #pesticide thenortherneco.substack.com/p/campaigner...
Campaigner, Emma Wigg (and goats), Pontardawe
Here's an alternative to spraying pesticides - let the goats out!
thenortherneco.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
@drrachelclarke.com Dear Rachel, The Story of a Heart is a beautiful book--inspiring, instructive, luminous, and heart warming. I loved the audiobook from beginning to end. Thank you for writing it 🖤
July 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Don’t they look great together?! Introducing The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. With thanks to #Audible, #Baileys and @findmypast.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reproductive rights are under attack! Take 2 mins to write to your MP TODAY to demand that abortion is decriminalised

action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Ask your MP to put reproductive rights into law
The right to make decisions about our families and bodies is not protected by law. The 1967 Abortion Act allows people to seek abortion under certain circumstances but abortion otherwise remains a cri...
action.goodlawproject.org
June 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A surprise new release - Modulations IV spans just under three hours of Boddy’s recent modular synth concerts in Rugeley, Sunderland, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Philadelphia in the USA, performed between August 2023 to April 2024.
Hi-Res digtial download.
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/modula...
Modulations IV (DiNDDL34), by Ian Boddy
5 track album
dinrecords.bandcamp.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Victory for wild camping on Dartmoor was just the start.

On Monday we’ll be rallying to call for a Right to Roam Act to extend the public’s right to responsibly access nature.

Come join us on Haytor on Dartmoor, details below:

www.eventbrite.com/e/dartmoor-r...
Dartmoor rally to extend public access to the countryside
Wild camping is safe on Dartmoor. Now the government must pass a Right to Roam Act to provide more access to the countryside across England
www.eventbrite.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
There be dragons..... in the Dales
open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...
There be dragons..... in the Dales
Plus climate cycling and all the latest eco headlines
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🗣️Calling all TikTokers- I’m in your midst!
That’s right, I’ve joined TikTok! I’ll be sharing quick videos like this one to explain how parliament works (and how it could work better!), what life is like as an MP, and how to influence politics for positive change. Follow me on TikTok at @EllieChowns!
May 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"[...] Trump’s administration does parallel FDR’s in an odd way. Trump set out in his first hundred days to undo the government FDR established in his first hundred days."

My favorite FB comment on this post says it all, though:

"We’ve gone from FDR’s New Deal to donald’s Rotten Deal…"
April 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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You have to read this article.
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Switching from Safari? We’ve made it almost too easy. One click and your browser data’s already home. Break free from that Big Tech browser with Vivaldi. 😌
April 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Thank you @bjenkinsnz.bsky.social‬ for this morning's dewy #FoxOfTheDay
April 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What a lovely day it's been 💚
March 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Brexit has cost UK musicians £914M+ and counting. See the toll in streams, tickets, and vinyl. Sign the petition to act now:
Total Cost to Musicians Since Brexit - European Movement UK
The cost of Brexit to UK musicians is staggering. Discover the impact in Spotify streams, Wembley tickets, vinyl LPs, and more. Support the campaign and sign the petition!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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It’s that time of year - people asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain what they’re up to.
Please #repost.
Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year!
This is important!
1/9
March 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Owlish old door (see top of picture)
March 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM