jamorley1 🇪🇺🏴🇫🇷
@morleyja.bsky.social
#FBPE #EU #climatecrisis #naturewriting #inclusion
Oft pondering politics, reading landscape history, researching, exploring wider thoughts. Now SW France, art, pottery then #Brighton, Film Production, Cultural Studies, Reader Development #Libraries.
Oft pondering politics, reading landscape history, researching, exploring wider thoughts. Now SW France, art, pottery then #Brighton, Film Production, Cultural Studies, Reader Development #Libraries.
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Also the collective GDP of the EU + UK + Norway is around $24 trillion compared to $2 trillion for Russia. We have vastly more resources if we choose to use them.
🇵🇱🇪🇺 "The paradox is that 500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans for help to protect them from 140 million Russians," — Tusk
❗️"We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power," he said.
❗️"We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power," he said.
March 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Also the collective GDP of the EU + UK + Norway is around $24 trillion compared to $2 trillion for Russia. We have vastly more resources if we choose to use them.
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A fascinating & hopeful river-moment: Lewes District Council agrees to recognise a Charter of Rights for the River Ouse.
“The Ouse has long been taken for granted…this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.”
elflaw.org/news/histori...
“The Ouse has long been taken for granted…this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.”
elflaw.org/news/histori...
Historic decision sees River Ouse set to become first in England with legal rights - Environmental Law Foundation
Lewes, – In an exciting and groundbreaking decision, Lewes District Council have agreed to recognise the Rights of the River Ouse, paving the way for the Ouse to become the first in England to have its legal rights recognised by a local authority. The decision represents a major step in the UK’s environmental movement, […]
elflaw.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A fascinating & hopeful river-moment: Lewes District Council agrees to recognise a Charter of Rights for the River Ouse.
“The Ouse has long been taken for granted…this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.”
elflaw.org/news/histori...
“The Ouse has long been taken for granted…this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.”
elflaw.org/news/histori...
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Just feeling we’ve broken the back of winter
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just feeling we’ve broken the back of winter
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The 5 W questions BSL signs
November 24, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The 5 W questions BSL signs
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How do the cochlear implants work 👇🏻
February 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
How do the cochlear implants work 👇🏻
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This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Having gone through a full year of 'voluntary' redundancies (read 'voluntary' as 'strongly encouraged under the looming threat of compulsory severances'), which have seen >5% of staff leave my uni, it's good to see this issue finally getting some press.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls
Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Having gone through a full year of 'voluntary' redundancies (read 'voluntary' as 'strongly encouraged under the looming threat of compulsory severances'), which have seen >5% of staff leave my uni, it's good to see this issue finally getting some press.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Did you know the Orient Express built for Kenneth Branagh's film Murder On The Orient Express is now parked up by Bassenthwaite Lake in England's Lake District? And you can have a meal or cream tea there... www.basslakestation.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Did you know the Orient Express built for Kenneth Branagh's film Murder On The Orient Express is now parked up by Bassenthwaite Lake in England's Lake District? And you can have a meal or cream tea there... www.basslakestation.co.uk
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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
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The BBC describes Trump's press conference performance as "combative"
How long has combative been a synonym for bonkers, insane, deranged.....?
How long has combative been a synonym for bonkers, insane, deranged.....?
January 31, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The BBC describes Trump's press conference performance as "combative"
How long has combative been a synonym for bonkers, insane, deranged.....?
How long has combative been a synonym for bonkers, insane, deranged.....?
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The usuals celebrating 5 years of Brexit while they squeeze their eyes shut and close their ears to the crappy reality of their stupid ideology. Taking a showy bow for being awarded a national Darwin Award 5 years on the run.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country agrees it’s been utter rubbish.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country agrees it’s been utter rubbish.
January 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The usuals celebrating 5 years of Brexit while they squeeze their eyes shut and close their ears to the crappy reality of their stupid ideology. Taking a showy bow for being awarded a national Darwin Award 5 years on the run.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country agrees it’s been utter rubbish.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country agrees it’s been utter rubbish.
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At aged 68 and having worked for 51 years. If there was one piece of advice I could give anyone still working it would be:
Join a Union
GMB and Unite both cover all workers if you don’t have your own specialist Union.
Join a Union
GMB and Unite both cover all workers if you don’t have your own specialist Union.
January 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
At aged 68 and having worked for 51 years. If there was one piece of advice I could give anyone still working it would be:
Join a Union
GMB and Unite both cover all workers if you don’t have your own specialist Union.
Join a Union
GMB and Unite both cover all workers if you don’t have your own specialist Union.
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"We need closer ties with the EU and now they are letting us know the door is ajar. All we have to do is push it open. And yet we cannot even find the strength to do it”
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-are-we-s...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-are-we-s...
Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"We need closer ties with the EU and now they are letting us know the door is ajar. All we have to do is push it open. And yet we cannot even find the strength to do it”
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-are-we-s...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-are-we-s...
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Rejoining - while administratively tricky - would be a big win for Labour. Boost the economy, force Tories and Reform to vocally support something unpopular that keeps people poor, and improve UK trade and security.
It's barmy that Labour refuses to try.
It's barmy that Labour refuses to try.
January 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Rejoining - while administratively tricky - would be a big win for Labour. Boost the economy, force Tories and Reform to vocally support something unpopular that keeps people poor, and improve UK trade and security.
It's barmy that Labour refuses to try.
It's barmy that Labour refuses to try.
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The £45bn cost of Labour bailing out RBS is held to be a once-in-a-generation economic calamity that the nation barely survived.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
January 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The £45bn cost of Labour bailing out RBS is held to be a once-in-a-generation economic calamity that the nation barely survived.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
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To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
January 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
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I don't want Starmer to turn towards the US, now headed by a climate denier and ecosystems destroyer whose closest ally just jack-in-a-boxed himself out of the fascist closet.
Trump and Musk are determined to destroy this Labour Govt. Musk has made it crystal clear.
Our future lies with the EU.
Trump and Musk are determined to destroy this Labour Govt. Musk has made it crystal clear.
Our future lies with the EU.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I don't want Starmer to turn towards the US, now headed by a climate denier and ecosystems destroyer whose closest ally just jack-in-a-boxed himself out of the fascist closet.
Trump and Musk are determined to destroy this Labour Govt. Musk has made it crystal clear.
Our future lies with the EU.
Trump and Musk are determined to destroy this Labour Govt. Musk has made it crystal clear.
Our future lies with the EU.
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Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation
Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation
How can we publicly debate policy in the face of the rising – and polarising – influence of the X owner and others whose only aim is to serve themselves
How should we as a society interact with one another, debate, come to decisions? What impels…
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation
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The German government is in ongoing discussions about whether to delete its presence on the X platform due to concerns over its algorithms, a spokesperson said reut.rs/3DMCzqp
German government may yet quit X over algorithms, spokesperson says
The German government is in ongoing discussions about whether to delete its presence on the X platform due to concerns over its algorithms, a spokesperson said on Friday.
reut.rs
January 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The German government is in ongoing discussions about whether to delete its presence on the X platform due to concerns over its algorithms, a spokesperson said reut.rs/3DMCzqp
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57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.
These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.
The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.
These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.
The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016
Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.
These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.
The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.
These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.
The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects.....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The chronicle of a fire foretold | Rebecca Solnit
The current fires in Los Angeles are reminders of the costs of forgetting
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects.....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It's lovely to have an excuse to post lots of wintery images!
This one, titled 'As the Crow Flies', was painted by mixed media and acrylic artist Jo Grundy
More of Jo's delightful winter images here... jogrundyart.co.uk/winter
#winter #art #landscape
This one, titled 'As the Crow Flies', was painted by mixed media and acrylic artist Jo Grundy
More of Jo's delightful winter images here... jogrundyart.co.uk/winter
#winter #art #landscape
January 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's lovely to have an excuse to post lots of wintery images!
This one, titled 'As the Crow Flies', was painted by mixed media and acrylic artist Jo Grundy
More of Jo's delightful winter images here... jogrundyart.co.uk/winter
#winter #art #landscape
This one, titled 'As the Crow Flies', was painted by mixed media and acrylic artist Jo Grundy
More of Jo's delightful winter images here... jogrundyart.co.uk/winter
#winter #art #landscape