Lois Golightly
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Force the government to listen to Umer, before it’s too late. Take action now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Force the government to listen to Umer, before it’s too late. Take action now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
I just signed an open letter joining the urgent call for peace, justice and a healthy future. We need to turn the volume up on a better moral compass set of morals which leaders everywhere must be judged by. Will you also add your voice to this important call? act.gp/4bGVSAm
Reclaim the moral compass: a call for courageous leaders - Greenpeace International
It will take all of us to break through the fear and noise and show our leaders a better path.
act.gp
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I just signed an open letter joining the urgent call for peace, justice and a healthy future. We need to turn the volume up on a better moral compass set of morals which leaders everywhere must be judged by. Will you also add your voice to this important call? act.gp/4bGVSAm
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Imprisoned hunger striker linked to Palestine Action tells friend: ‘I’m dying’
Francesca Nadin visited Heba Muraisi, 31, in a Wakefield prison at the weekend and says ‘her body is shutting down’
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January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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I just donated to the Footprint Project, sending solar/battery/LED setups to Jamaica. Usually in the wake of a disaster you get noisy, polluting diesel generators that also need fuel. These microgrid setups will be useful and provide clean energy for years. www.footprintproject.org/rapid-disast...
Rapid Disaster Response Without All the Carbon — Footprint Project
We deploy mobile solar generators and related off-grid equipment to power rapid disaster response for communities in need.
www.footprintproject.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just donated to the Footprint Project, sending solar/battery/LED setups to Jamaica. Usually in the wake of a disaster you get noisy, polluting diesel generators that also need fuel. These microgrid setups will be useful and provide clean energy for years. www.footprintproject.org/rapid-disast...
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🚨 The news-media is utterly failing to cover these momentous scientific findings.
The public is not being informed of the danger posed.
The UK chief scientist Dame Angela McLean just highlighted this as an issue of national security - why are no news outlets covering it ?!? 🤯
#EndClimateSilence
The public is not being informed of the danger posed.
The UK chief scientist Dame Angela McLean just highlighted this as an issue of national security - why are no news outlets covering it ?!? 🤯
#EndClimateSilence
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚨 The news-media is utterly failing to cover these momentous scientific findings.
The public is not being informed of the danger posed.
The UK chief scientist Dame Angela McLean just highlighted this as an issue of national security - why are no news outlets covering it ?!? 🤯
#EndClimateSilence
The public is not being informed of the danger posed.
The UK chief scientist Dame Angela McLean just highlighted this as an issue of national security - why are no news outlets covering it ?!? 🤯
#EndClimateSilence
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DC comic writer Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen, also conjured the trench-coated, chain-smoking British reprobate John Constantine—who this year celebrates his 40th birthday, writes @davidmbarnett.bsky.social.
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The most important British character in US comics
Alfred Pennyworth? Captain Britain? No, it’s a trench-coated, chain-smoking reprobate who this year celebrates his 40th birthday—John Constantine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
DC comic writer Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen, also conjured the trench-coated, chain-smoking British reprobate John Constantine—who this year celebrates his 40th birthday, writes @davidmbarnett.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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Born on this day #BOTD, Tove Jansson (9 Aug 1914-2001), Finnish artist and creator of the Moomin book series #womensart
August 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Born on this day #BOTD, Tove Jansson (9 Aug 1914-2001), Finnish artist and creator of the Moomin book series #womensart
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June 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating.
Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies https://on.ft.com/3H9L154
Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies https://on.ft.com/3H9L154
July 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating.
Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies https://on.ft.com/3H9L154
Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies https://on.ft.com/3H9L154
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
July 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
July 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity."
June 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity."
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Whatever Starmer does, he’s already cast disabled people as the reason why they “can’t balance the books”.
The Labour Government has already scapegoated disabled people as the reason why your life sucks.
It’s unforgivable.
The Labour Government has already scapegoated disabled people as the reason why your life sucks.
It’s unforgivable.
June 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Whatever Starmer does, he’s already cast disabled people as the reason why they “can’t balance the books”.
The Labour Government has already scapegoated disabled people as the reason why your life sucks.
It’s unforgivable.
The Labour Government has already scapegoated disabled people as the reason why your life sucks.
It’s unforgivable.
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"In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."
June 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."
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